An institution theoretically devoted to providing comfort to those in need (the church) is in trouble because it has embraced the same pressure cooker we find everywhere else.

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

Lust and love. They both put a fire in your damn shorts.

How true is the saying that man was forced to invent work in order to escape the strain of having to think.

Any idiot, especially one who is prepared to die, who has a gun, can start shooting up people.

I bring a loving presence to everyone I meet and everything I do.

Ladies and gentlemen.” He [Jabba] sighed. “Meet the kamikaze of computer invaders...the worm.

Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.

The ultimate high: A man's abilities equaling his opinion of'em.

I think my song about 'I want to have your babies' really does freak a lot of guys out, not just my boyfriend!

I suppose you just feel on an instinctive level if something is honest.

Sin thrives in the dungeon, but slap it on the table for all to see, and it withers rather quickly.