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

The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’

One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

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.

People who are servants-humbly, honestly, and joyfully-keep getting revealed as the biggest winners. People who recognize and embrace their smallness keep getting bigger and bigger in God's eyes. It's the oddest scoring system.

One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called 'spiritual mindlessness.'