God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.

Because the church has moved away from the gospel anytime you move away from the gospel, you at the same time move toward pretense, you move toward image-keeping, you move toward the need to pretend.

What I'm most deeply grateful for is that God's love for us, approval of us, and commitment to us does not ride on our resolve but on Jesus' resolve for us. The gospel is the good news announcing Jesus' infallible devotion to us despite our inconsistent devotion to Him. The gospel is not a command to hang on to Jesus; it's a promise that no matter how weak and unsuccessful our faith and efforts may be, God is always holding on to us.

There is no better news than that the God who makes the demand for perfection also meets the demand for perfection on our behalf.

A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad.

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

When you fail to distinguish Law and Gospel, you lose both.