My job as a pastor and theologian is to tease out the nature and the necessity of the gospel in meticulous ways, in everything I say, in everything I like. I want desperately for the church in America to rediscover the power and the beauty and the nature and the necessity of the gospel.

When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness.

The focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality.

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.

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

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

Explanations are a substitute for trust.