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 gospel frees you from the pressure of having to fix people: your worth is located in Christ, not in their transformation.

In those moments when I'm obsessively counting my sins against me, it is good news to remember that God has counted my sins against Christ.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

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

Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief.