Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple.

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other.

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.

The deepest cry of the human heart is to be loved without condition, no matter what. The gospel of grace announces that you are.

Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way to trump every evil that comes your way.

Once God saves us He doesn't move us beyond the gospel, but He moves us more deeply into the gospel.

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