We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God’s counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

We who preach have one tool. We are people of the book.

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

Normally, if someone's legacy will outlast their life, it's apparent when they die. On the day when Alexander the Great, or Caesar Augustus, or Napoleon, or Socrates, or Muhammad died, their reputations were immense. When Jesus died, his tiny, failed movement appeared clearly at an end.

You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.

God is not interested in our spiritual life. He's interested in our life.