The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.

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.

All forms of achievements are all a triumph of discipline.

The reward of friendship is itself. The man who hopes for anything else does not understand what true friendship is.

Music is given to us specifically to make order of things to move from an anarchic individualistic state to a regulated perfectly concious one which alone insures vitality and durability.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

Life loves the person who dares to live it.

Dictators from the past, tyrants, were not unaware that it is easier to govern and enslave a nation of drinkers than that of abstainers.

You don't bite the women of other males.

Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.

Fresh dress, like a million bucks, Put on the bally shoes and the fly green socks