As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.

The gospel is not just the “ABCs” but the “A-to-Z” of the Christian life.

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.

Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.

Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed.

Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.

It is remarkable that in all of his writings Paul's prayers for his friends contain no appeals for changes in their circumstances.