This is a beautiful video.

“ Without the gospel, we may obey the law, but we will learn to hate it. We will use it, but we will not truly love it.  Only if we obey t...

"Because of our justification, the law no longer can condemn us before God's throne... We must bear in mind throughout our Chri...

"Many indeed acknowledge that we are justified by the righteousness of Christ, but seem to think that - at least they act as if - the...

"Biographies often flatter their subject. It has been impossible for us to do that [with Jesus]; the facts speak for themselves. Our on...

“We are performance-oriented by nature, and our culture, and sometimes our upbringing, reinforces this legalistic mind-set.  All too often...

 "The cross is a pulpit, and the lesson Christ  preached on it is love." -Augustine

“The very center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of the grace of God—the grace of God which depends not one whit upon anything t...

"To say that grace is resistible, is to say that sin is a  greater and more powerful force than grace." -  Richard J. Vincent

"The gospel of justifying faith means that while Christians are, in themselves still sinful and sinning, yet in Christ, in God’s sig...

Great stuff here from Michael Horton.

This is such a helpful illustration from John Z. over at Mockingbird. "Imagine that you are riding on the deck of a cruise liner...

If we want to understand the gospel, it helps if we understand what isn't the gospel. For me, the Law / Gospel distinction has been ex...

"Grace is free. Grace is undeserved love. Grace is the undeserved love God gives to us, and it’s the undeserved love we can give to o...

"You quote the devil when you declare yourself OK." - Propaganda [via]

"No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel." [via...

"...a high view of the law gives us a truer and deeper understanding of the holiness of God and the sinfulness of man. God is alway...

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“ The Romans perfected crucifixion; they reserved it as the most painful mode of execution for the most despised people, such as slaves, t...

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the powe...

"The church is a fellowship of failures who have experienced, and continue to experience, the grace of God."

“I celebrated my seventy-seventh birthday in April.  If you asked me whether what I have done in my life defines my life, I would answer, ‘...

“According to the Christian revelation, God’s own great love propitiated his own holy wrath through the gift of his own dear Son, who took o...

“Luther taught that every time you insist that I am a sinner, just so often do you call me to remember the benefit of Christ my Redeemer, ...

"Being triune, God  is  a sharing God, a God who loves to include. Indeed, that is why God will go on to create. His love is not for ke...