The myriad of dysfunctions of the human community can be traced to this one thing: awe. When we replace vertical awe of God with awe of self, bad things happen in the horizontal community.

Sin causes us to want our own way, to want sovereignty over things we weren't designed to control, and to want to coerce others into the service of our agenda.

Corporate worship is a regular gracious reminder that it's not about you. You've been born into a life that is a celebration of another.

The appropriateness of my responses to others is directly related to the accuracy of my view of myself, and for that there is grace too.

The fact is that no one gives grace better than someone who is convinced that he needs it, as well.

It really does take grace to know how much you need grace.

The way to begin to celebrate the grace that God so freely gives you every day is by admitting how much you need it.

It is humbling to admit, but I have had to face the fact that the greatest danger to my ministry is me!

The purpose of God's grace is not to make your little kingdom of one work better.

You are called to be an instrument of wisdom in your teenager's life. To do so, you must be gentle, humble, patient, and persevering.

We should never become achievement satisfied, because there is always more gospel work to do. But we must always remind one another that achievement is a spiritual minefield. Achievement has the power to change us—to change who we think we are and what we think we are capable of doing. Sadly, achievement can turn humble servant leaders into proud, controlling, and unapproachable mini-kings. But there is powerful, right-here, right-now grace for this struggle.

Your children must learn early that they have been born into a world of authority, and they're not it.