Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.

In thus sending out his trainees, [Jesus] set afoot a perpetual world revolution: one that is still in process and will continue until God's will is done on earth as it is in heaven.... He has chosen to accomplish this with and, in part, through his students.

Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn't work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don't work! We must have a coordination system.

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.

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

Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.

The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.