Only the gospel can truly save you. The gospel doesn't make bad people good; it makes dead people alive...the gospel is God's acceptance of us based on what Christ has done, not on what we can do.

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.

Don't let success go to your heads and don't let failure into your hearts.

He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

The Canadian Prime Minister said Canada would lend the U.S. its full military support. You know what that means: Both tanks.

Our notion of what makes a paradise always returns to the image of a beautiful and fruitful garden.

You must take the will for the deed.

The radical defect in Christianity is that it tried to win the world by a bribe, and it has become a nullity.

Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain what you never dreamed you could.

The ring of a false coin is not more recognizable than that of a rhyme setting forth a false sorrow.

They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.