Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.

God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

I'm not sure I'll ever fully understand why some Christians get mad when we say that the ultimate hero in the Bible is not Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Paul, etc... but Jesus.

God's capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin; while our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. It's a message revealing the radical contrast between the sinful heart of mankind and the gracious heart of mankind's Creator.

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.