Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

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

I was spending too much time thinking about how I was doing, if I was learning everything I was supposed to be learning during this difficult season, whether I was doing it right or not, taking my spiritual pulse, etc - my inner lawyer was working overtime.

The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability out of our hands - introducing chaos and freedom.

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart.

I think for far too long the Church has concluded that Christians don't need the gospel, it's simple what non-Christian people need in order to be saved.