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- The truth, whether we admit it or not, is that grace scares us to death. It scares us primarily because it wrestles control and manageability…
- The gospel announces that God doesn't relate to us based on our feats for Jesus, but Jesus' feats for us.
- A religious approach to marriage is the idea that if we work hard enough at something, we can earn the acceptance, approval, and life we…
- We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our…
- What is indisputable is the fact that unbelief is the force that gives birth to all of our bad behavior and every moral failure. It…
- The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our…
- The gospel sets us free to become the romantic leaders of our marriages without fright or hesitation. Because we have been forever wooed by Jesus,…
- Passive righteousness tells us that God does not need our good works. Active righteousness tells us that our neighbor does. The aim and direction of…
- My observation of Christendom is that most of us tend to base our relationship with God on our performance instead of on His grace.
- Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.
- Our minds are affected by sin. Our hearts are affected by sin. Our wills are affected by sin. Our bodies are affected by sin.
- Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments.
- Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.
- The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit.
- I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By…
- In the Old Testament, we are continually told that our good works are not enough, that God has made a provision. This provision is pointed…
- To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners…
- When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on…
- God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish misery…
- Indeed, there is nothing like suffering to remind us how much we need God. What good news that His purpose and plan for our lives…
- The required cheerfulness that characterizes many of our churches produces a suffocating environment of pat, religious answers to the painful, complex questions that riddle the…
- For years and years, Christians have been singing about their wandering hearts. Our hearts need to be recalibrated and realigned and reoriented by God.
- The Gospel announces that Jesus came to acquit the guilty. He came to judge and be judged in our place. Christ came to satisfy the…
More Our Quotes
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end… — Hank Aaron
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or… — Giorgio Armani
- It's our hearts and brains that we should exercise more often. You can put on all the makeup you want, but it… — Kevyn Aucoin