“Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.”

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

The Gospel is news of what God has done to reach us. It is not advice about what we must do to reach God.

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.

You don’t fall in love. You commit to it.

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

If you don’t feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire.

If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.

Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

…the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.

Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

Everything I do is deeply rooted in my faith and especially in Jesus Christ.

You will be that inevitably–but primarily we are saved in order to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus Christ, God’s Son.

Lay the ax to the root of the tree, and the capacity for Jesus Christ will be increased tomorrow.

There’s some task which the God of all the universe, the great Creator, your redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do.

First of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far.

There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ, right through to me.

Scripture is so counter culture. Christ was counter culture. It’s not like we’re supposed to be weird or anything, but as we grow closer to Christ.

He deeper and more staggering can be his collapse. There is never a day in any man’s life but that he is dependent upon the grace of God for power and the blood of Jesus for cleansing.