The idea that everything would happen exactly as it does regardless of whether we pray or not is a specter that haunts the minds of many who sincerely profess belief in God. It makes prayer psychologically impossible, replacing it with dead ritual at best.

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.

It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.

Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.