My struggle isn't believing my performance can earn God's favor; my struggle is believing my performance can keep God's favor

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.

Learn to absorb your anger inside youIt will be your best partner till you breath

...it was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer...

Stop and reflect on what your diet is doing for you.

None of us is beyond the task of missions...The question is not whether or not we will be working to spread the gospel around the world, but what role we will play in this.

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

Beauty is but skin deep, ugly to the bone. And when beauty fades away, ugly claims its own.

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with people one does not like, and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.