Every time we love, we increase our capacity to be hurt.

Within evangelicalism is a distressing drift toward accepting a Christianity that does not demand a life-changing walk with God. Many evangelicals (today) do not realize that the church has always been an island of righteousness in a sea of paganism, but as a result they turned the world upside-down.

When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.

Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.

There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy.

Prayer, desperate prayer, seems so simple, but it’s a step rarely taken by those in family conflict.

Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.