We should be so joyful from God's grace that others would respond by saying, 'I wish I had your God.

You find that the things you let go of while following Jesus were the things that were going to destroy you in the end.

I had come out of a church that was filled with petty arguments and hatred. I just wanted to meet with some friends and worship with them.

If you really want to experience God, go and make disciples.

He has more of a right to ask us why so many people are starving [than we do to ask Him]. As much as we want God to explain himself to us, His creation, we are in no place to demand that He give an account to us.

It struck me that many Christians flash around their 'no trans fat' label, trying to convince everyone they are healthy and good. Yet they have no substantive or healthful elements to their faith. It's like the Laodiceans, who thought they had everything until Christ told them they were poor and wretched.

The disciples obey because that's what people do when someone rises from the dead and gives instructions.