He invites us to have only one priority and to seek it in every iota of life—the kingdom of God.

The gospel is not self-improvement. It is transformation, which is transcendent formation.

To follow Jesus is to be baptized in his baptism and to live on every word that comes from the mouth of God—starting with the bread of our belovedness. 

Jesus is not living his life for his Father's approval. He's living his life from his Father's approval. 

We . . . have come to worship him.

Jesus was born into his broken family so he could bring redemption into our broken family. 

As we read the New Testament more, we gradually come to recognize that we are all the “enemies” of God apart from the reconciling work of the gospel.

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

As we encourage one another, we learn to speak to one another in the voice of God in the humble authority of Jesus in the loving power of the Holy Spirit.

As we fix our eyes on him, he transfuses his life into our life by the power of the Holy Spirit.