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

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.

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.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

Strength accomplishes sizable things.Wisdom accomplishes incredible things.Faith accomplishes remarkable things.Love accomplishes unbelievable things.

To be able to die consciously, we need to prepare for death while we are still living.

Seven pillars of wisdom propping the roof of the temple. Always remember what there's beyond the pillars.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

The words 'In God WE trust' are not only unconstitutional, they aren't even accurate.

We live in a world that is dominated by war, hate, violence and suspicion. Those are the things that come naturally in this world. So you have to will something else.

The earth flourishes, or is overrun with noxious weeds and brambles, as we apply or withhold the cultivating hand. So fares it with the intellectual system of man.

Anything can happen, but it usually doesn't.

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.