The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.

I never realized how much I've become dependent on human approval until God took it away. I didn't even realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of. God showed me Jesus plus nothing equals everything. And everything minus Jesus equals nothing. That set me free.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.

Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.

The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.