The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.

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.

I have written in my life many critical poems, but viewed in retrospect, they were merely a human harmless reflection, and not a true likeness of the real society of today.

One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

In 1983, before computers came along, it wasn't easy to do electronic basslines and rhythms.

I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves.

There is no way a beautiful woman can live up to what she looks like for any appreciable length of time.

I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended.

The global village is a place of very arduous interfaces and very abrasive situations.

We make choices but are constantly foiled by happenstance.

After all, I want to make sure I stick with his original vision. So far, [Steven King] comments have always been the same - run with it!

"Failure" isn't a word I really use. I am a very resilient person; I bounce back extremely fast, and I believe in myself and my talent as an artist.