The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life. Votes: 3
Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin." Votes: 1
Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives. Votes: 0
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His. Votes: 0
God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.. Votes: 0
To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love. Votes: 0
Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first. Votes: 0
Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God. Votes: 0
A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's. Votes: 0
Because of the Cross, God can be both just towards sin and yet mercifully justifying to sinners. Votes: 0
Christ will do everything for you or nothing. He's either all of your righteousness or none. Votes: 0
Christmas is telling you that you could never get to heaven on your own. God had to come to you. Votes: 0
Discipleship is not an option. Jesus says that if anyone would come after me, he must follow me. Votes: 0
Easter means that Christmas worked. Votes: 0
Fear, logic, and tradition are not going to make you live a good life when no one is looking. Votes: 0
God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it. Votes: 0
How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be. Votes: 0
If God wiped out all sources of evil in the world we would no longer be here, the evil is inside us. Votes: 0
If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about. Votes: 0
In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful. Votes: 0
Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer. Votes: 0
Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose. Votes: 0
Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it. Votes: 0
Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart." Votes: 0
Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine. Votes: 0
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing. Votes: 0
Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done. Votes: 0
Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire. Votes: 0
The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission. Votes: 0
The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless. Votes: 0
The essence of Christian obedience is not do's and don'ts but personal allegiance to Jesus. Votes: 0
The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King. Votes: 0
The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about. Votes: 0
To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking. Votes: 0
To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything. Votes: 0
To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process. Votes: 0
Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think. Votes: 0
We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay? Votes: 0
We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know Votes: 0
Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong. Votes: 0
You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need. Votes: 0