It seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.

A home is a kingdom of it's own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life's storms and stresses, a refuge, even a sanctuary.

It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith.

It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.

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.

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we are driven along this road, the more certain is the victory of love over the enemy's hatred. For then it is not the disciple's own love, but the love of Jesus Christ alone, who for the sake of his enemies went to the cross and prayed for them as he hung there.

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.