Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.

When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person.

I have learned that faith means trusting in advance what will make sense only in reverse.

Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.

In a nutshell, the Bible from Genesis 3 to Revelation 22 tells the story of a God reckless with desire to get his family back.

Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.

The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument.

In the stories of extravagant grace given to us by Jesus, there are no loopholes disqualifying us from God's love.

I doubt God keeps track of how many arguments we win; God may indeed keep track of how well we love.

A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.

Whoever is godly, loves good.

Isn't it very awkward how disrespectful people tend to be the same ones to desperately demand respect from others?

When it comes to matters of pro sports, politics or palate, disparate sides claim their party, team and cola to be superior.

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.

You know, look, if I could strangle these people and not go to hell and get executed, I would, but I can't.

I don't know how my mother did it, but I had boxing gloves on my hands when I was born!

I didn't meddle. If I did meddle there wouldn't be all this violence. All this horrible sexism in games.

I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.