God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.

As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.

When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.

While our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. God came after us not to strip away our freedom but to strip away our slavery to self, that we could become truly free.

When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

God's capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin; while our sin reaches far, God's grace reaches farther. It's a message revealing the radical contrast between the sinful heart of mankind and the gracious heart of mankind's Creator.

God does everything through people who understand they're nothing. And God does nothing through those who think they're everything.