The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive.

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 main reason of fear of failure lies in people’s being unaware of the impact of misfortune on achieving success

O what will she do, a soul bitten into with wrong?

Don't worry, all is well. All is so perfectly, damnably well.

The hero isn’t the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame—deserved or not—and apologize to save a relationship.

I had lied so much lately that I was honestly surprised my pants weren't literally made of fire.

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.

Line up your thoughts up for potential, take action and success will follow.

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac.