If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

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.

The planet you inhabit is a single plane of infinite dimensions, stretched like a guitar string, and standing before you like a concubine waiting for your command.

On the cross Christ took upon Himself every sin we’ve ever committed—including anger.

I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.

You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.

I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.

I feel pity for him, and that is a poor sign of love.

The person who is really in revolt is the optimist, who generally lives and dies in a desperate and suicidal effort to persuade other people how good they are.

I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as father and daughter.

I'm always trying to swim to new ground.

Passivity can be a provoking modus operandi; Consider the Empire and Gandhi.