I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.

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.

Live knowing that your choices today will create your tomorrow. Every action you make to improve yourself will improve your life. Little by little. Try.

To pluck a flower means to take possession of it, and it also means to kill it.

Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.

If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

The world begins with what we believe.

I've got a hangover." "No, you hit your head on the floor." "I can't stay. I've got to rescue that fool Sophie.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

I keep having these bros come up to me and say, "I used to watch you when I was a fetus," and I just want to kill them.

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.

Along with people who pretty themselves for the camera, the unattractive and the disaffected have been assigned their beauty.