Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.

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.

Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.

So it is necessary that we should learn to be alone.

I feel I have a responsibility to myself, a responsibility to explain where we're coming from. Because a song or the performance of a song is a lot like a work of art.

No, we can't be friends. You're my mom. You're what i talk to my friends about.

The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.

I'm old, I'm young, I'm intelligent, I'm stupid. My tide goes in and out.

Make those important in your life smile today That smile is the most important thing you did today.