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

The people who have taught me the most about grace are those who have blown it so bad that they know how much they need it.

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 sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus, we are now free to forever woo our wives.

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.

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

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.