God loves broken people because broken people are all that there are.

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.

When everything was right, something was bound to go wrong. (Jessica)

It seems to me that socialists today can preserve their position in academic economics merely by the pretense that the differences are entirely moral questions about which science cannot decide.

Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it.

I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.

She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.

When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.

Any nose may ravage with impunity a rose.

By being peaceful, quiet, and receptive, you pattern yourself in the image of God, and you regain the power of your Source.

And blind oblivion swallowed cities up.