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It takes pride to be anxious.

Real repentance should have two components, admitting and rejecting. True repentance begins with blame shifting ends

Launching from David‘s recognition that if God kept a record of sins, no one could stand, Keller reminds us, “God‘s forgiveness is neither simple nor expected.�

All prayer pursued far enough becomes praise. By commanding us to adore Hm, God is inviting us to enjoy Him.

Keller says one of the secondary dangers of plagiarism is that it puts the offender in a vulnerable position, because he is not capable of producing such ideas in the future. He analogizes this is why ingratitude is SO dangerous to the believer. It gets us in the habit of believing we sustain ourselves.

If Augustine is right, what we love is basically what we are. We are what we adore.

On approaching prayer and Scripture when we are repeatedly distracted: "Cries for help serve to concentrate the mind and soften the heart."

Keller conveys Martin Luther's resolution that before he could turn a biblical passage into praise, he first needed to understand it as instruction.

Martin Luther says all of life is repentance, and that is how we grow in grace.

Keller says maturing believers know that persevering through tedium is part of making the most of prayer.