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

God's grace meets us in messy places because messy places are all that there are.

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Only when we see that the way of God's law is absolutely inflexible will we see that God's grace is absolutely indispensable. A high view of the law reminds us that God accepts us on the basis of Christ's perfection, not our progress. Grace, properly understood, is the movement of a holy God toward an unholy people. He doesn't cheapen the law or ease its requirements. He fulfills them in his Son, who then gives his righteousness to us. That's the gospel. Pure and simple.

Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality.

Sanctification consists of the daily realization that in Christ we have died, and in Christ we have been raised.

The lifeblood of Christianity is not our persistence in moving toward God but God's persistence in moving toward us.