Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.

God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

Grace is the most dangerous, expectation-wre cking, smile-creating, counterintuitiv e reality there is.

The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do.

I agree we have enough books that attempt to explain why God allows suffering, presumably in a way that lets God off the hook. And while much smarter men than I have constructed elaborate systems in this pursuit, they are by definition exercises in speculation.

Remember on your best day that Jesus had to die for you. Remember on your worst day that he did.

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