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?"

A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad.

I think there is tribalism is a big deal inside of the church, that the church thinks of themselves as a tribe and not a mission.

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

Grace loves without reference to what may or may not happen-which is precisely why such incredible things do happen!

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

God wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they've really messed up...not the last.