It's better to have the faith to embrace reality with all its pain than to cling to the false comfort of a painless fantasy.

The goal is not for us to get through the Scriptures. The goal is to get the Scriptures through us.

Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.

Nobody lives up to the norms that God had in mind when he first created human beings.

At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.

Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.