“The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.”

Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.

This is why so many churches quench the motivation of people for ministry. In our shoes, Paul would say: Remember the grace God has showered on you—what does living out and enjoying that grace look like in this situation?

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.

Where you find your significance is where you find your salvation.

God’s grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.

…Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don’t develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.

No, he was in agony, and he looked down at us – denying him, abandoning him, and betraying him – and in the greatest act of love in history, he STAYED. He said, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.” He loved us, not because we were lovely to him, but to make us lovely.

In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.

Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?

You are more sinful than you could dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope.

Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

I’ve always been a bit squeamish when it came to that kind of thing.

Don’t bother asking for explanations, she’ll just tell you that she came in the year of the cat.

I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.

In the 70s, what thrash was there? Punk came on, and that was cool. But there was no thrash.

And a little slate that came out of the wall that you could actually write on. And a door that locked from the outside.

If it weren’t for a new rule that came into being, we’d have played three years in a row in the championship game.

I came here with something in me that I inherited from my folks. So I’m going to do something called life and times.

It wasn’t until I came out of my daze that I began to appreciate my accomplishment.