We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.

Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.

The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.

Self-righteousness is unavoidable. You can either be a self-righteous Pharisee where you think you are better than everyone else or you can be a self-righteous pagan who thinks you are better than the Pharisee. If you are a self-righteous person, I could become very self-righteous thinking that you're self-righteous and you think you're so good but I know you're bad. I know I'm bad so that makes me better than you.

The pain cleared my vision, and once it was taken away, I realized just how much I'd been relying on the endorsement of others to make me feel like I mattered.

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

The Bible makes it clear that self-righteousness is the premier enemy of the Gospel.