My lifestyle got so disruptive to my family that my parents had no choice but to say, "You can't live here any longer if you're going to live this way." So, I was thrilled about it - thrilled!

Grief, of course, is not something that operates according to a specific time frame, and it seems cold to suggest otherwise. Yet when we do not grasp that God is present in pain, we eventually insist on victory or, worse, blame the sufferer for not "getting over it" fast enough. This is more than a failure to extend compassion; it's an exercise in cruelty.

The gospel doesn't make bad people good, it makes dead people alive.

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

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

Nothing makes me want to obey more than knowing that God unconditionally loves me and forgives me even when I disobey.

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