God has become human. The absolute has become particular. The ideal has become real. The divine has taken up a human nature.

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

A sense of Jesus’ absence might be a sign of his presence- a sign that he’s working already in your life.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.

When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.

In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.