The passive righteousness of faith frees me from passing final judgment on myself.

I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation.

You can be sure that your deepest desires reveal important truths about your spiritual condition.

A biblical understanding of the Christian life is not 'let go and let God,' it's 'trust God and get going.'

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."