If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.

God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.

The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all.

Don't get me wrong - what we do is important. But it is infinitely less important than what Jesus has done for us.

Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; its a witness to God making it down to the worst people.

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.