The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

Any gospel which says only what you must do and never announces what Christ has done is no gospel at all.

We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.

We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.

Those trapped in sin will not normally thank you for pointing out the darkness in their lives.

We may have the best of intentions in trying to discern God's will, but we should really stop putting ourselves through the misery of overspiritualizing every decision. Our misdirected piety makes following God more mysterious than it was meant to be

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.