We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

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.

Survivors of trauma may have difficulty initiating relationships ...

Just as a seed grows with the warmth of the sun, so our positive qualities grow when we put our attention on them.

Europe has certainly lost confidence in itself. This was something that, when I was a young man, we never imagined would happen.

I get all tangled up in your ribbons.

Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.

I think rage is so ugly.

Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas!

Books are, let's face it, better than everything else.

It's better to be the best connected than the most connected.

England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.