Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.
The gospel is not just the A-B-C’s but the A-Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom.
We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.
Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.
Through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God fully accomplishes salvation for us, rescuing us from judgment for sin into fellowship with him, and then restores the creation in which we can enjoy our new life together with him forever.
The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.
The story of Jesus changes our lives because it is true.
The reason the stone was rolled away on Jesus’s tomb was not so that Jesus could get out, but so that we could get in.
In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We’re a family.
To say doctrine doesn’t matter, only how you live matters, is itself a doctrine. It’s the doctrine of salvation by works.
Every treasure on this earth says, ‘Give your life to purchase me.’ Jesus says ‘I’m the one treasure who died to purchase you.’
If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.
It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
What you treasure will ultimately require you die for it, Jesus is the only treasure that died for you.
The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.
Our moral efforts are too feeble and falsely motivated to ever merit salvation.
The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.
The gospel is an exclusive truth but it’s the most inclusive exclusive truth in the world.
Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.