If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.

I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation.

The biggest lie about grace that Satan wants the church to buy is the idea that it’s dangerous and therefore needs to be kept in check.

I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.

The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.