We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.

Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.

Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a bad one. We need to take a conscious, intentional hand in the developmental process. We need to understand what the formation of the human spirit is, and how it can best be done as Christ would have it done. This is an indispensable aspect of developing a psychology that is adequate to human life.

The Bible defines almost nothing because it isn't a book for scholars and philosophers or free thinkers. It's a book for people who want help. It's primarily a book for pastors. They're the ones that can use it in a way so that it actually achieves its purpose.

Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it's who you become. That's what you will take into eternity.