Contrary to popular assumptions, the Bible is not a record of the blessed good, but rather the blessed bad. Thats not a typo. The Bible is a record of the blessed bad. The Bible is not a witness to the best people making it up to God; its a witness to God making it down to the worst people.

The focus of the Christian faith is not our morality; it is Jesus, who died for our immorality.

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.

Our minds are affected by sin. Our hearts are affected by sin. Our wills are affected by sin. Our bodies are affected by sin.

Christianity is in no way a stoic faith. It fundamentally rejects the "stiff upper lip" school of thought.

If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.

The law is God's first word; the gospel is God's final word.