We renovate the heart by, of course, changing it, but we can't do that, really, without changing the other essential parts of the human personality.

Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.

Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You need to seek out others in your community who are pursuing the renovation of the heart.

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