God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.

The Bible does not say you are God’s appliance; it says you are his masterpiece. Appliances get mass-produced.

Scratch the surface of any cynic, and you will find a wounded idealist underneath. Because of previous pain or disappointment, cynics make their conclusions about life before the questions have even been asked. This means that beyond just seeing what is wrong with the world, cynics lack the courage to do something about it. The dynamic beneath cynicism is a fear of accepting responsibility.

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

We must learn to cast off our anxieties because we have so many of them. The world destroys spiritual life by generating constant anxiety. Jesus said that the life of the gospel is choked out by the cares of this world. We know this to be true yet we are more chained and tethered to the world than ever before in the human race.

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.