There is no better story in the Old Testament, or perhaps the whole Bible, for depicting the difference between the ladder-defined life and the cross-defined life than that of the Tower of Babel.

Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It's one-way love.

As long as I am focusing on the faults of others, then I don't have to face my own.

Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace is love coming at you that has nothing to do with you. Grace is being loved when you are unlovable.

If we read the Bible asking first, 'What would Jesus do?' instead of asking 'What has Jesus done?' we’ll miss the good news that alone can set us free.

I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.