Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.

I think there is tribalism is a big deal inside of the church, that the church thinks of themselves as a tribe and not a mission.

To progress is always to begin again.

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

Grace flows most refreshingly through the faucet of brokenness.

In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed to at every place in the Old Testament.

There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.