The focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality.

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.

To go somewhere, start going.

Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams.

I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.

Journalistic information and presentation actually discourage action... we think we know, and because we think we know, we think we care. But it stops there.

This will be the most important decision of your life, the individual whom you marry.

People are always receptive to the idea of a conspiracy.

History is a record of exploded ideas.

Only when the heart loves can the intellect do great work.

In America, the 1 percent and the 10 percent are doing just fine, but the people who are bearing the brunt of this economy are the ones who suffer.

I never look back, darling. It distracts from the now.