God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points where God declares to us concretely that the debt has been paid, the ledger put away, and that everything we need, in Christ we already possess. This re-convincing produces humility, because we realize that our needs are fulfilled. We don’t have to worry about ourselves anymore. This in turn frees us to stop looking out for what we think we need and liberates us to love our neighbor by looking out for what they need.

God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.

I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.

The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.

The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.

A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad.

I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.

I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel.

I think there is tribalism is a big deal inside of the church, that the church thinks of themselves as a tribe and not a mission.