"Martin Luther set off the Reformation by nailing the 'Ninety-five Theses' to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. The very first of the theses stated that 'our Lord and Master Jesus Christ...willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance.'
On the surface this looks a little bleak. Luther seems to be saying Christians will never make much progress in life. That, of course, wasn't Luther's point at all. He was saying that repentance is the way we make progress in the Christian life. Indeed, pervasive all-of-life-repentance is the best sign that we are growing deeply and rapidly into the character of Jesus."
- Tim Keller, Gospel in Life: Grace Changes Everything, page 28.
(There are gems like this on every page of this book!)
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