As we come to grips with our own selfishness and stupidity, we make friends with the impostor and accept that we are impoverished and broken and realize that, if we were not, we would be God. The art of gentleness toward ourselves leads to being gentle with others -- and is a natural prerequisite for our presence to God in prayer.

God is a kooky God who can scarcely bear to be without us.

Let us be bold enough to ask ourselves as Christians whether the Church of the Lord Jesus in the United States has anything to say to our nation and its ideologies of materialism, possessiveness, and the worship of financial security. Are we courageous enough to be a sign of contradiction to consumerism through our living faith in Jesus Christ? Are we committed enough to his gospel to become a countercurrent to the drift?

I could more easily contain Niagara Falls in a teacup than I can comprehend the wild, uncontainable love of God.

Though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinner at a distance.

You will trust God to the degree you know you are loved by Him.

No man can adequately reach and explain a single word of God with all his words