God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

If you come from insignificance and when you die you return to insignificance, then nothing is significant now.

The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.

God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry

The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.

It's impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.