Byron

“Idols are much more than statues that our ancestors bowed down to. Anything that we build our lives on, anything that we lean on for meaning or identity, anything that we hope will bring us freedom, can be an idol.”
― Tullian Tchividjian, Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free

“Prayer, true prayer, does not allow us to deceive ourselves. It relaxes the tension of our self-inflation. It produces a clearness of spiritual vision. . . . It saps our self-deception and its Pharisaism. . . . So by prayer we acquire our true selves.”242”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

“The glory of Christ in the gospel is the decisive ground of saving faith because saving faith is the receiving of Christ as infinitely glorious and supremely valuable.”
― John Piper, Think (Foreword by Mark Noll): The Life of the Mind and the Love of God

“Prayer brings you into God’s presence, where our shortcomings are exposed.”
― Timothy Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God