We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.

Christ calls us to carry the Cross; churches call us to have fun in His name.

I want to be in a place where I have to have God in everything I do . . . where God is indispensable to me.

Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.

The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman cross. They nailed Him on it, and God, in His majesty and mystery, turned it into an altar. The Lamb who was dying in the mystery and wonder of God was turned into the Priest who offered Himself. No one else was a worthy offering.

Wherever we find Jesus is the perfect place to worship.

The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart