Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.

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.

The simplicity of youth is mesmerizing to me. Maybe because I didn't know it long enough."London Drake"They All fall down

It's hard to think of such things when you are busy dreaming or loving or screwing. The context falls away.

We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.

Not everyone sees you the way you do. Sometimes our imperfections are what makes us special. - Tripp

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.

If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?

The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.