Just as Jesus performed what in his culture was the work of a slave, so we in our cultures must regard no task too menial or degrading to undertake.
Only if we share Christ's death on earth will we share his life in heaven.
In God’s providence we have four gospels! For Jesus Christ is too great and glorious a person to be captured by one author or one perspective.
Souls are won for Christ by tears and sweat and pain, especially in prayer and in sacrificial personal friendship.
We are to be like Christ in his incarnation.
The essence of discipleship is union with Christ, which means identification with him in both his sufferings and his glory.
We are not under law as a way of salvation but as a guide to conduct.
