Is your whole life oriented around following your rabbi and savior? To be with Him. To become like Him. To do as He did?

You do not find the Gospel, the Gospel finds you.

Jesus will teach you how to sacrifice.

Vulnerability is the only avenue to feel deeply loved.

What does Jesus mean in John 14:15 when He says: “If you love me, keep my commandments.”

God grows us by exposing us to all these things, so as to overwhelm us with a sense of our own inadequacy, and to drive us to cling to him more closely.

Healthy conviction always leads us back to God, regardless of if it is more tender or more stern type.

Never has anyone given up so much.

I sometimes pray ‘Lord give me no more and no less self-knowledge than I can at this moment make a good use of.’

How to think about unwanted thoughts.

Paul is not saying that your relationships will flourish when the hard to love person learns the fruits of the spirit. He says it will flourish when you cultivate the fruits of the spirit despite what other people do.

How to see the Gospel with fresh eyes and feel its love.

Three means God uses to rebuke us out of love.

We all have blind spots. How does Jesus help us?

Just because it takes some time doesn’t mean God is not at work.

How does God respond to our sin? Wrath? Anger? Apathy? Or is it a mix of love and correction?