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Forgiveness full and free is the hardest thing for us to believe as Christians. We think it’s a mark of spiritual maturity to hang onto our guilt and shame.

When will we learn that Jesus is not glorified by our “doing” things for him, but that He is glorified by our resting in, and receiving, what he’s done for us?

There are many people who believe that God will destroy this present world—all of it—and start over, creating a new world from scratch. But that's a misunderstanding fueled in part by a questionable translation of 2Peter 3... (read more)

In a couple weeks the best parenting book ever (IMHO) will be available. Elyse Fitzpatrick and her daughter Jessica Thompson co-wrote a gospel-drenched book for parents entitled “Give Them Grace.” If you are a parent (as I am), there is no better book to read than this one.

The gospel is not a command to hang onto Jesus. Rather, it’s a promise that no matter how weak your faith may be in seasons of spiritual depression, God is always holding on to you.

We are renewed inwardly to the degree that we focus not on inward renewal but upward worship and outward service. The more you see that the gospel isn’t about you, the more spiritual you will become.

I’m constantly trying to come up with different, concise, memorable ways to share God’s good news and Twitter challenges me to do this. It’s also a great way for me to “journal” what God’s teaching me about the gospel. (Read more)

"If I were to trust in my own good deeds, or despair because I have done no good deeds, Christ would profit me neither way." ~ Martin Luther

The resurrection of Jesus is the greatest proof of God’s intention to revitalize this broken cosmos. His rising from the dead was just the beginning of the saving, renewing, resurrecting work of God that will have its climax in the restoration of the entire cosmos.

In the most difficult year of my life (2009), God revealed to me my own idols and helped me rediscover the emboldening, liberating power of the gospel.

Scripture is of no use to us if we read it merely as a handbook for daily living without recognizing that its principle purpose is to reveal Jesus Christ and his gospel for the salvation of sinners.

There are things worth dying for. The gospel is at the top. This is super important to remember at a time when so many preachers are calling into question (and even mocking) cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith.

We’re accustomed to describing the book of Jonah as that book about the guy who survived three days in a big fish. What if we began to understand it as a remarkable testimony to God’s extravagant, persevering grace, supremely demonstrated in the gospel of Jesus Christ?

We must always be accepted for Christ’s sake, or we cannot ever be accepted at all. This is not true of us only when we believe. It is just as true after we have believed.

Jesus plus nothing equals everything–the gospel– is daily becoming for me more than a theological passion, more than a cognitive reality. It’s becoming my functional lifeline! I'm addicted to the gospel.