One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.

The more you see your own flaws and sins, the more precious, electrifying, and amazing God’s grace appears to you.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

What greater value could you possibly have than to be delighted in and sacrificed for by the Maker of the universe.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

I am accepted by God through the work of Jesus Christ - therefore I obey