Sometimes God has to remind you that you're weak so that you can be set free from your "self-sufficiency."

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 only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

Personal liberty is not personal license.

God save me from myself.

And an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant? An ironic way to die.

To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.

Too much agreement kills the chat.

I've always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food.

From men motivated by moral certitude, history teaches, no lasting good ever comes.

I just want to conquer people and their souls.