I wish I could say that everything I do is for God’s glory but I can’t. And neither can you. What I can say is Jesus’ blood covers all my efforts to glorify myself.

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.

(Personally, I have avoided many fights by going to bed angry and waking up to realize that I'd just been tired.)

Can you remember? when we thought the poets taught how to live?

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

Where no visible fruit can be found, there you may be sure is no conversion.

I'm never gonna try it, because you got to pay a lot for cocaine, and that's not the way I want to spend my money.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

As weird as it might seem to some people, there is nothing I love more than an empty house and the sound of silence.

The all-embracing vast being which is there behind the play of the universe and with which you will have to identify yourself - for this is your true self.

We can no more enjoy life by hoping for a future result than we can enjoy music by waiting for the final note.

Skepticism is not a denial of belief, but rather a denial of rational grounds for belief.