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

Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple.

The gospel is for the defeated, not the dominant.

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus.

We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.

I was spending way too much time thinking about me and what I needed to do, and far too little time thinking about Jesus and what he had already done for me.

When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness.