It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.

At the root of all our disobedience are particular ways in which we continue to seek control of our lives through systems of works-righteousness. The way to progress as a Christian is to continually repent and uproot these systems the same way we become Christians, namely by the vivid depiction (and re-depiction) of Christ’s saving work for us, and the abandoning of self-trusting efforts to complete ourselves. We must go back again and again to the gospel of Christ-crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what he did and who we are in him.

The life of faith is not the perfect life; it is the life which clings on to what God has said he will do.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.