Craving Clarity, We Attempt To Eliminate The

The Gospel Will Persuade No One Unless It Has So Convicted Us That We Are Transformed By It.

This Is The God Of The Gospel Of Grace. A God Who, Out Of Love For Us, Sent The Only Son He Ever Had Wrapped In Our Skin. He Learned How To Walk, Stumbled And Fell, Cried For His Milk, Sweated Blood In The Night, Was Lashed With A Whip And Showered With Spit, Was Fixed To A Cross, And Died Whispering Forgiveness On Us All.

We Unwittingly Project Onto God Our Own Attitudes And Feelings Toward Ourselves... But We Cannot Assume That He Feels About Us The Way We Feel About Ourselves -- Unless We Love Ourselves Compassionately, Intensely, And Freely.

On The Last Day, Jesus Will Look Us Over Not For Medals, Diplomas, Or Honors, But For Scars.

Without Fear I Can Acknowledge That The Authentic Christian Tension Is Not Between Life And Death, But Between Life And Life.