Self-righteousness is unavoidable. You can either be a self-righteous Pharisee where you think you are better than everyone else or you can be a self-righteous pagan who thinks you are better than the Pharisee. If you are a self-righteous person, I could become very self-righteous thinking that you're self-righteous and you think you're so good but I know you're bad. I know I'm bad so that makes me better than you.

The hub of Christianity is not "do something for Jesus." The hub of Christianity is "Jesus has done everything for you".

Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.

God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.

The Christian life has been nothing more and nothing less than a daily dependence on and a rediscovery of God's grace.

As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus.