We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.

If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.

No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we have worked to be healthy, wealthy, comfortable with friends and family, and successful with our career — something will inevitably ruin it.

If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.

The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.

Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.

If you can't show the difference between religion and the Gospel, people will confuse morality with a changed heart