What I'm most deeply grateful for is that God's love for us, approval of us, and commitment to us does not ride on our resolve but on Jesus' resolve for us. The gospel is the good news announcing Jesus' infallible devotion to us despite our inconsistent devotion to Him. The gospel is not a command to hang on to Jesus; it's a promise that no matter how weak and unsuccessful our faith and efforts may be, God is always holding on to us.

If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.

There is no better story in the Old Testament, or perhaps the whole Bible, for depicting the difference between the ladder-defined life and the cross-defined life than that of the Tower of Babel.

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

People who know they are not good make the best messengers of grace because they are desperately aware of their own need for it.