To progress is always to begin again.

The Gospel is not ultimately a defense from pain, it is the message of God's rescue through pain. In fact, it allows us to drop our defenses, to escape not from pain but from the prison of "How" and "Why" to the freedom of "Who?"

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

Our minds are affected by sin. Our hearts are affected by sin. Our wills are affected by sin. Our bodies are affected by sin.

Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God.

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours.