It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.

Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.

When we receive God's gift of life by relying on Christ, we find that God comes to act with us as we rely on him in our actions.

When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.

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.

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

You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic and not intend to follow their advice. If you don't intend to follow their advice, you simply don't trust them. Period.