When absolute control and rigid obedience pose as love within the family and the local faith-community , we produce trained cowards rather than Christian persons.

A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.

The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in order to earn forgiveness; it is what we do because we have been forgiven. It serves as an expression of gratitude rather than an effort to earn forgiveness. Thus the sequence of forgiveness and then repentance, rather than repentance and then forgiveness, is crucial for understanding the gospel of grace.

Childlike surrender and trust, I believe, is the defining spirit of authentic discipleship.

There is an extraordinary power in storytelling that stirs the imagination and makes an indelible impression on the mind.

When a man or woman is truly honest, it is virtually impossible to insult them personally.

Too many Christians are living in a house of fear and not in the house of love.