We are changed not by being told what we need to do for God, but by hearing the news about what God has done for us.

When something becomes so important to you that it drives your behavior and commands your emotions, you are worshipping it.

Gospel change is the Spirit of God using the story of God to make the beauty of God come alive in our hearts

My identity and my security are not in my spiritual progress. My identity and my security are in God’s acceptance of me given as a gift in Christ.

It is one thing to understand the gospel but is quite another to experience the gospel in such a way that it fundamentally changes us and becomes the source of our identity and security.

Awe combined with intimacy is the essence of Christian worship.

What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?

As we see the beauty of God and feel His weightiness in our hearts, our hearts begin to desire Him more than we desire sin. Before the Bible says, "Stop sinning, " it says, "Behold your God.

The author offers Paul Tripp's analogy that most of the strategies for growth in the Christian life amounts to stapling live roses on a dead bush.

Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.

The fire that had been raging inside her ever since she met him, ever since she left him, was now having gasoline thrown on top of it--by the gallon.

...every piece of the laughing was a tiny bird come tumbling out to fly around the room.

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

I play with friends, but we don't play friendly games.

When I teach seminars, I tell people, Your stuff has to look like something thats out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.

You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.

The truth is still the truth whether or not you believe it. Can we say the same about lies? No, lies only exist because we believe them. If we don't believe in lies, they simply disappear.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.