When you don't have anything to lose, you discover something wonderful: you're free to take great risks without fear or reservation.

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.

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

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.

If your theological convictions are not producing a deeper love for others, then it's time to rethink some stuff.

Grace flows most refreshingly through the faucet of brokenness.