We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.

Will I find spiritual communion with God sweet enough, and hope in his promises deep enough, not just to cope, but to flourish and rejoice in him?

God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.

If grace is to be free - which is the very meaning of grace - we cannot view it as something to be repaid.

God is on the move to rescue people from misery to everlasting happiness, which can only be found in him.

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

If we were made to watch a doctor pull off the little baby's legs and arms one by one and place them on the table like a dentist removing cotton from your mouth - if all Americans were made to see what it really is, the pro-life goal of abortion being unthinkable (not just illegal) would be much nearer.