Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.

Loving God means rejoicing in God, being eager to think of and pray to God. It means being glad to be in God's presence and to be with God alone. It means not grieving God, but rejoicing in God simply because it is God who is involved, and because we are permitted to know and have God, and to speak with and live with God.

Just as our love for God begins with listening to God's Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them.

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

We are to find God in what we know, not in what we don't know.

The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.

Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion.