Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

I didn't realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Didn't even realize it. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of.

As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.

Remember on your best day that Jesus had to die for you. Remember on your worst day that he did.

The world tells us in a thousand different ways that the bigger we become, the freer we will be. The richer, the more beautiful, and the more powerful we grow, the more security, liberty, and happiness we will experience. And yet, the gospel tells us just the opposite, that the smaller we become, the freer we will be.