The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.

When you fail to distinguish Law and Gospel, you lose both.

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."

Legalism breeds a sense of entitlement that turns us into complainers.

God did not rescue me out of the pain, He rescued me through the pain!

I never realized how much I've become dependent on human approval until God took it away. I didn't even realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of. God showed me Jesus plus nothing equals everything. And everything minus Jesus equals nothing. That set me free.