The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are! This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?

God loves you just because He loves you.

Your feelings come from where you find your hope. Where is your happiness and your significance?

We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.

The Gospel is good news not good advice. Advice = what we should do. News = report of what was done for us.

The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me. This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.