It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.

We are all both victims and victimizers. Just as everyone suffers, no one is innocent of causing suffering themselves.

Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.

The deepest cry of the human heart is to be loved without condition, no matter what. The gospel of grace announces that you are.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

What I'm most deeply grateful for is that God's love for us, approval of us, and commitment to us does not ride on our resolve but on Jesus' resolve for us. The gospel is the good news announcing Jesus' infallible devotion to us despite our inconsistent devotion to Him. The gospel is not a command to hang on to Jesus; it's a promise that no matter how weak and unsuccessful our faith and efforts may be, God is always holding on to us.

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