The desperate addict is closer to the heart of grace than the devout moralist.

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.

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.

We are broken people living in a broken world with other broken people. We all need grace.

Is that me?, ' Leo said. 'Like me--having this dream--looking at me having a dream?

I know cigarettes can kill & wonder why she wants to die.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

I can be bought, but not bored.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology

In the beginning, there were no reasons; there were only causes. Nothing had a purpose, nothing has so much as a function; there was no teleology in the world at all.

I love the book legacy of lies it amazing and is fun to read over and over again

The approach to "building" a story with words and phrases is no different than "building" a painting with brushes and pigments.

The thing that keeps me most awake is the desire and curiosity to learn more.

In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German.