When you fail to distinguish Law and Gospel, you lose both.

There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need God.

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.

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

Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality.

I enjoy receiving love from my wife. I'm ecstatic when Kim loves me and expresses affection toward me. Something in me comes alive when she does that. But I've learned this freeing truth: I don't need that love, because in Jesus, I receive all the love I need.

The heart of the Christian faith is Good News, not good advice, good technique, or good behavior.