God is not interested in what you think you should be or feel. He is not interested in the narrative you construct for yourself, or that others const….

A preacher who doesn't believe he's that bad will attract people who don't think they're that bad. And that's bad..

Your identity is firmly anchored in Christ's accomplishment, not yours; his strength, not yours; his performance, not yours; his victory, not yours..

God wants every local church to be the first place people think to go when they've really messed up...not the last..

The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending..

If you uproot the idol and fail to plant the love of Christ in its place, the idol will grow back..

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

Grace is love that seeks you out when you have nothing to give in return. Grace is love coming at you that has nothing to do with you. Grace is being….

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us..

Here's one way I can know that I've forgotten the gospel of grace: when your sin bothers me more than my sin..

There's nothing like suffering to remind us how not in control we actually are, how little power we ultimately have, and how much we ultimately need ….

Mt. Sinai says, 'You must do. Mt. Calvary says, 'Because you couldn't, Jesus did.' Don't run to the wrong mountain for your hiding place.

If the depths of everyone's sin was made public, we would all be much more gracious to each other..

The Bible is one long story of God meeting our rebellion with His rescue, our sin with His salvation, our guilt with His grace, our badness with His ….

Jesus plus nothing equals everything; everything minus Jesus equals nothing..

Our deepest fear is judgment. Our deepest longing is love. The gospel of grace removes the one and provides the other..

The gospel doesn't just free me from what people think of me, but also from what I think of me..

The gospel is good news to those who know they don't measure up. It's offensive to those who think they do..

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up..

Walking with God doesn't lead to God's favor; God's favor leads to walking with God..

The people who tend to be the most gracious are those who know how badly they need grace.