My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument."

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person.

Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word.

Serve others. The failing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others.

Just as I need other human beings in order to learn from them, so I also need their trust. If we aren't aware of that, if we fail to take it to heart and instead betray other people's trust, things will go badly with us.

This is a moral universe, which means that, despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word.