If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.

Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

That's the secret of Jesus. You watch Jesus and you see he never did "withdraw" and then "attack." All of the time people wanted him to do it and in many ways, but he would not. Then to the body of believers he said, "This will show everyone that you are my disciples, if you love one another," but he had already said, "Love one another as I have loved you." So that's the model.

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.

We're not here to prove we're right; we're here to help people.

My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He chose for Himself. If we have faith in Christ, we must believe that He knew how to live. We can, through faith and grace, become like Christ by practicing the types of activities He engaged in, by arranging our whole lives around the activities He Himself practiced in order to remain constantly at home in the fellowship of the Father.