We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.

Grace doesn't lead us into destructive behavior. Sin does. And grace is the only remedy for sin. The kindness of God leads to repentance.

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

Only when you realize that the gospel has nothing to do with your obedience but with Christ's obedience for you, will you start to obey. The only Christians who end up getting better are those who realize that if they don't get better, God will love them anyway.

The emphasis of the Bible is on the work of the Redeemer, not on the work of the redeemed.

What kind of person should you be to someone who has fallen? The kind of person you will run to when you fall.