The best evangelists, the best preachers, the best teachers are desperate people.

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.

Anything is possible if you just believe. But if you want to start believing, start with yourself.

.if you cant let thing go, it owns you..

Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.

Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.

Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.

After the sleep of death we are to gather up our forces again with the incalculable results of this life, a crown of shame or glory upon our heads, and begin again on a new level of progress.

No compliment is ever sufficient and every insult, of course, is true.

I just am a Canadian. It is not a thing which you can escape from. It is like having blue eyes

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.