“This is a book with one point: Be astonished at the gracious heart of Jesus Christ, proven in his atoning work in the past and his endless intercession in the present. Receive his unutterable love for sinners and sufferers. Stop resisting. Let him draw near to you. Gaze upon him.
Excerpt From
As you do so, transformation will come in the back door. If you try to change simply for change’s sake, you can only change your behavior. You can’t change your heart. But mere behavioral change isn’t change at all. Peel your eyes away from yourself—even your change or lack thereof—and ponder Christ.”
Deeper
Dane C. Ortlund
Book Review: Ortlund’s “Deeper”
Look to Christ
“My goal in this book has simply been to coach you into that single, simple, all-determining impulse of the heart: looking to Jesus. If you look to him, everything else is footnotes. All else will fall into place. If you do not look to Jesus, no amount of techniques or strategies will finally help you; all will be for nothing. Peel back every layer of distraction and look to Christ. Simplify your heart and all its cares. Look to Christ and his overflowing heart.”
Excerpt From
Deeper
Dane C. Ortlund