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- Christianity is not about good people getting better. If anything, it is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good. The…
- The gospel frees you from the pressure of having to fix people: your worth is located in Christ, not in their transformation.
- Long-term, gospel-motivate d obedience can only come from the grace of what Jesus has already done, not the guilt of what we must do.
- The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.
- The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin and bear it' in the…
- The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.
- Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.
- From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.
- Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.
- I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she…
- God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish misery…
- Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives…
- The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the…
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