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

Only the Holy Spirit can comfort a person in the depths of grief.

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

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.

I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.

The law demands that we do it all; the gospel declares that Jesus paid it all.