A moment with Jesus changed everything.
A father doesn't say, 'Don't go that way.' He says, 'ome follow me.'
Notorious sinners didn’t kill Jesus. Religious people did.
Sometimes we get way too fixated on how powerful sin is and how weak we are. We worry that if we relax for a second, we'll mess up royally and ruin everything. Ironically, our paranoia only serves to make us more conscious of our sinfulness.
Indifference was our greatest enemy.
It’s interesting how people try to redefine God to their liking. They bring him down to their level so they can understand him, then they reject him because he is too much like them.