Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.

The gospel is not about a lifestyle that we live, it's about the law-fulfilling life that Christ lived.

The ironic thing about legalism is that it not only doesn't make people work harder, it makes them give up. Moralism doesn't produce morality; rather, it produces immorality.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

The gospel doesn't just ignite the Christian life but it keeps Christians growing and growing every day. There's no reason to move beyond the gospel. There's only movement more into it.

The cross [is] the ultimate statement of God's involvement in the world on this side of heaven.

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"