When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.

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

The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the deep judgment against us once and for all so that we could be free from the judgement of God, others, and ourselves.

My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.

The only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you are actually not is the gospel because the gospel tells you that identity, my meaning, my security, and all of those things are in Christ.

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.