If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.

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

Spiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need.

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.

Christian growth doesn't happen by first behaving better, but by believing better--believi ng in bigger, deeper, brighter ways what Christ has already secured for sinners.

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.