The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show you how God’s grace breaks into your life against your will and saves you from the sin and brokenness otherwise you would never be able to overcome… religion is ‘if you obey, then you will be accepted’. But the Gospel is, ‘if you are absolutely accepted, and sure you’re accepted, only then will you ever begin to obey’. Those are two utterly different things. Every page of the Bible shows the difference.

On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.

No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

Prayer turns theology into experience.

Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.

When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.

People are messy; therefore, relationships will be messy. Don't be surprised by messiness.