The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

The most liberating act of free, unconditional grace demands that the recipient give up control of his or her life.

I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.

If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.