The problem of pain meets its match in the scandal of grace.

If your church conveys that spirit of condescension or judgment, it's likely not a place where grace is on tap.

Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people... Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.

If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.

... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves.

We should do whatever we can to cut through the scum that has grown on our understanding and rediscover freshness.

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.