Thankfully, while our self-righteousness reaches far, God's grace reaches farther.

Thankfully, God's restraining grace keeps even the worst of us from being utterly depraved. The worst people who have ever lived could've been worse.

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.

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

Even those of us who have tasted the radical saving grace of God find it intuitively difficult not to put conditions on grace.