When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.

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

The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.

The people who have taught me the most about grace are those who have blown it so bad that they know how much they need it.

The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.

My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.

Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.