The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit.

Grace always runs downhill, meeting us at the bottom, not the top.

God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others construct for you. Rather, He is interested in you, the you who suffers, the you who inflicts suffering on others, the you who hides, the you who has bad days (and good ones). And He meets you where you are.

Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.

There's nothing like suffering to reveal how small and needy you are. Pain has the remarkable capacity to reveal the weakness of the things you're leaning on to make life worth living.

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

When Martin Luther was asked what we contribute to our salvation, he said, "Sin and resistance"