We make a big mistake when we conclude that the law is the answer to bad behavior. In fact, the law alone stirs up more of such behavior. People get worse, not better, when you lay down the law. To be sure, the Spirit does use both God's law and God's gospel in our sanctification. But the law and the gospel do very different things.

The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.

We must reacquaint ourselves with the biblical weight of the problem that we less-than-perfect human beings contend with in the face of a holy and righteous God.

Christianity is not "Jesus is our example." Christianity is "Jesus is our substitute."

Even political insiders recognize that years of political effort on behalf of Evangelical Christians have generated little cultural gain.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

My daily sins require daily distribution of God's grace. In that sense, it never ceases to surprise me because I don't deserve any of it. I mean, I deserve to be locked in a cage and for God to throw away the key.