God is the one to be praised, not our transformation.

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

The Gospel frees us to speak honestly about the reality of pain, confident that nothing is riding on our ability to cope with or fend off suffering.

When it comes to understanding and appreciating grace, our biggest problem is our so-called goodness...not our self-perceived badness.

The only thing that frees you from the need to pretend in order to make people believe you are something when you are actually not is the gospel because the gospel tells you that identity, my meaning, my security, and all of those things are in Christ.

The more I focused on my need to get better the worse I actually got - the more neurotic and self-conscious and self-absorbed I became.

What kind of person should you be to someone who has fallen? The kind of person you will run to when you fall.