The gospel has two parts. It has the part that says you're a sinner, and it has the part that says you're loved and accepted.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.

If our identity is in our work, rather than Christ, success will go to our heads, and failure will go to our hearts.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Don't touch me

Maybe what this is. What we have, is something that will save us from ourselves.

Employment deprives you of the purpose of existence

True ability is undisturbed by pretentious criticism.

Places, like people, are complex, and loving them isn't simple.

We therefore must keep the faith, despite the defeat of policies, because men pass with their policies whilst generations follow each other.

Some split between the inner world and outer world is common to all behaviour, and the need to bridge the gap is the source of creative behaviour.

Quid quid movetur ab alio movetur"(nothing moves without having been moved).

I think the stress on income inequality is something that every American should take seriously.

The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.