It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.

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.

He's a chip o' th' old block.

Surely, no one hoped for so many things. Hold the flowers close to your heart; they may someday bloom.

We only have one person to blame, and that's each other.

God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.

I don't like being too looked up at or too looked down on. I prefer meeting in the middle to being worshipped or spat out.

Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.

I learned from you that I do not crumble. I learned that strength is somthing you choose.

I enjoy comedy but it can become wearisome.

If there are any souls in hell, it is because that is where they insist on being.

However, there are a couple of volcanoes very close nearby, like Vesuvius in Italy right next to Naples.