Christianity is not "Jesus is our example." Christianity is "Jesus is our substitute."

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

If we're not reaching the same people Jesus reached, then we're not preaching the same message Jesus preached.

Graciousness is the fruit of someone who knows how badly they themselves need grace.

When you don't know where you fit inside the home and you're young and you're desperate to fit in somewhere, I'd figured where I would fit outside the home. So I made some obviously bad decisions about who I hung out with and the things that I did.

Christmas is the beachhead of God’s campaign against sin and sadness, darkness and death, fear and frustration.