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

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.

Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.

Christian growth doesn't happen by first behaving better, but by believing better--believi ng in bigger, deeper, brighter ways what Christ has already secured for sinners.

I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.