Mt. Sinai says, 'You must do. Mt. Calvary says, 'Because you couldn't, Jesus did.' Don't run to the wrong mountain for your hiding place

Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.

The gospel frees you from the pressure of having to fix people: your worth is located in Christ, not in their transformation.

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.

Because Jesus was someone, you’re free to be no one.

God reminds us again and again that things between He and us are forever fixed. They are the rendezvous points where God declares to us concretely that the debt has been paid, the ledger put away, and that everything we need, in Christ we already possess. This re-convincing produces humility, because we realize that our needs are fulfilled. We don’t have to worry about ourselves anymore. This in turn frees us to stop looking out for what we think we need and liberates us to love our neighbor by looking out for what they need.

We are not responsible for finding the right formula to combat or unlock our suffering.