More from Jesus Is ___________

I am thoroughly enjoying Judah Smith's book, Jesus Is _______.  Here are a few quotes from several chapters I read last week:
"Jesus and joy are always a package deal. . .The answer to your joy problem is the gospel."
"Sometimes preachers feel that we have to balance the good news and the bad news. . . It's human nature to mistrust what seems too good to be true. Let's settle in our hearts once and for all that Jesus is too good to be true. Salvation is too good to be true. Grace is too good to be true. Heaven is too good to be true. . . There's nothing bad or sad about God's gospel."
"One of the reasons the gospel is so good is that it's more about God than about us. . .Religion says that obedience brings acceptance. The gospel teaches the opposite: acceptance brings obedience."
"It's a holiness that is internally motivated, a holiness powered by love, not by guilt."
"That is the gospel: God is with us."

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