Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism

As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.