Servanthood does not nullify leadership; it defines it. Jesus does not cease to be the Lion of Judah when He becomes the lamblike servant of the church.

Loving God with all our mind means that our thinking is wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express the heartfelt fullness of treasuring God above all things.

It is unbiblical and arrogant to try to worship God for any other reason than the pleasure to be had in Him.

Grace is power, not just pardon.

I've never heard anyone say the really deep lessons of life have come in times of ease and comfort. But, I have heard many saints say every significant advance I've ever made in grasping in the depth of God's love and growing deep with Him, have come through suffering.

You can't make yourself saved. This is very threatening to people, even Christians, because of what it seems to say about freedom.

Death is like my car. It takes me where I want to go.