If we are going to accomplish the global purpose of God, it will not be primarily through giving our money, as important as that is. It will happen primarily through giving ourselvs. This is what the gospel represents and this is what the gospel requires.

The more Christ fulfills the cravings of our souls, the more he changes our taste capacities from the inside out. The more we walk with him, the more we want him. The more we taste of him, the more we enjoy him. And this transforms how we live and what we live for.

Jesus is no longer one to be accepted or invited in but one who is infinitely worthy of our immediate and total surrender.

God has made a way of salvation for the lost. Not a way, but the way. And this is the good news - the gospel.

We learned that orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they’re not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.

We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.

Ultimately, tragedy on earth can only be understood rightly from the perspective of heaven.