Whether it's a Christian or a non-Christian, there's nothing like suffering to show us how small, needy, and not in control we are. Suffering has a way of sobering us up to the realization that we can't make it on our own, that we need help, that we're broken.

Jesus is not the man at the top of the stairs; He is the man at the bottom, the friend of sinners, the savior of those in need of one. Which is all of us, all of the time.

It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.

Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.