Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.

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.

Don't let what you fear stop you from pursuing it. For the most part, what you fear doesn't even know that you are afraid of it.

I think all mothers are alike, regardless of cultural background, when it comes to illogical cleaning.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

I waited for each film to become important for me. If I had no ideas for a film, I didn't do a film. So I made not that many films for fifty-four years of working.

Be - fight - feel the pain - and love the wounds!

I think the obsession with wanting to change yourself is crazy over the top.

I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once every year.

Life is a storeroom filled with boxes, some empty, some misplaced forever. We're what remains, what we've grabbed hold of.

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.