And God has set up prayer in such a way that, if you want to explain it away, you can. That's the human mind. God set it up like that for a reason, which is this: God ordained that people should be governed in the end by what they want.

A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of

Paul followed Jesus by living as He lived. And how did he do that? Through activities and ways of living that would train his whole personality to depend upon the risen Christ as Christ trained Himself to depend upon the Father.

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

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in the larger arena.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.