Because Jesus came to secure for us what we could never secure for ourselves, life doesn't have to be a tireless effort to establish ourselves, justify ourselves, validate ourselves.

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

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

God's acceptance of us cannot be gained by our successes nor forfeited by our failures.

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up.

The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

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

Christianity is not about good people getting better. It is good news for bad people coping with their failure to be good.

If people knew the REAL us, they would run. God knows, stays, and loves.

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

Murder rectifies nothing.

Reputation is an invisible force that works for or against you based on the efforts you put to persevere building your character

Why I oppose the nuclear-arms race: I prefer the human race.

As far as the difference for me between television and movies, I really thrill to the pace of television. As exhausting as it can be - there was actually one day when we never went to bed.

How easy I was. Like a limpet I attached myself to anything, anyone who showed me the least attention.

Before you ridicule, remember somebody on a railway platform who seems to be train spotting may actually be writing poetry.

Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.

I don't read. I don't like to read Harry Potter or anything like that. It's not my style.

People who want to appear clever rely on memory. People who want to get things done make lists.

What we seek in the end is not unconditional love but a love for which we, uniquely in all the world, meet all the conditions.