The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.

I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be learning during this difficult season, whether I was doing it right or not, taking my spiritual pulse, etc - my inner lawyer was working overtime.

The good news of the gospel [for sufferers] is not an exhortation from above to 'hang on at all costs,' or 'grin and bear it' in the midst of hardship. No, the good news is that God is hanging on to you, and in the end, when all is said and done, the power of God will triumph over every pain and loss.

The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me.

Grace frees you to be honest about what you've always known to be true about yourself: that you're weaker & more afraid than you want to be.

I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.