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

God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points where God declares to us concretely that the debt has been paid, the ledger put away, and that everything we need, in Christ we already possess. This re-convincing produces humility, because we realize that our needs are fulfilled. We don’t have to worry about ourselves anymore. This in turn frees us to stop looking out for what we think we need and liberates us to love our neighbor by looking out for what they need.

The world isn't scandalized by our freedom but by our fakeness.

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism

Job's unraveling wasn't wrong or sinful; rather, it was emotionally realistic.

Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.

I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.