Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.

If you feel compelled to respond every time you're criticized it reveals just how much you've built your identity on being right.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

I never realized how much I've become dependent on human approval until God took it away. I didn't even realize that I was in a self-made prison of human approval and human acceptance. Most of the prisons we live in we are not conscious of. God showed me Jesus plus nothing equals everything. And everything minus Jesus equals nothing. That set me free.

The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.

Jesus has done everything for you.

Being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home. I couldn't figure out whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three.