The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ... If it fails to set a lovable God--a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being--before ordinary people, we have gone wrong

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

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.

The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.

We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe.

If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary, die for them. We will be that committed.

The spirit is the part that is supposed to consciously direct everything in the person, including the soul.