There is absolutely nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can decide just to enjoy forgiveness at Jesus' expense and have nothing more to do with him.

The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.

Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that's why people struggle with them so.

Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.

Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.