Whatever we may mean by 'Christian growth,' it is ultimately this: less faith in me, more faith in God.

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.

Spiritual growth is marked by a growing realization of just how much grace you need.

When I was 25, I believed I could change the world. At 41, I have come to the realization that I cannot change my wife, my church, or my kids, to say nothing of the world. Try as I might, I have not been able to manufacture outcomes the way I thought I could, either in my own life or other people's.

If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other.

Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency."

Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.