Death is the operative device that sets us free in Christ - when we die, we truly live.

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

The deepest fear we have, 'the fear beneath all fears,' is the fear of not measuring up, the fear of judgment. It's this fear that creates the stress and depression of everyday life.

The Gospel is not ultimately a defense from pain, it is the message of God's rescue through pain. In fact, it allows us to drop our defenses, to escape not from pain but from the prison of "How" and "Why" to the freedom of "Who?"

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

The heart of sanctification is the life which feeds on justification.

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