Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.

From the time God saved me at 21 years old, I've always been fascinated by the parables of Jesus.

God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.

The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability out of our hands - introducing chaos and freedom.

People who know they are not good make the best messengers of grace because they are desperately aware of their own need for it.

Assurance never comes from looking at ourselves. It only comes as a consequence of looking to Christ.