Being the middle child, I couldn't figure out where I fit in the home. I couldn't figure out whether I was the youngest of the older three or the oldest of the younger three.

The pain cleared my vision, and once it was taken away, I realized just how much I'd been relying on the endorsement of others to make me feel like I mattered.

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin.

An identity based in the one-way love of God does not take into account public opinion or, thankfully, even personal opinion.

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.