Grace is God as heart surgeon, cracking open your chest, removing your heart - poisoned as it is with pride and pain - and replacing it with his own.

When God gives an assignment, he also gives the skill. Study your skills, then, to reveal your assignment.

Faith is the conviction that God knows more than we do about this life and He will get us through it.

Scripture often reminds us that it's not enough to have ears - we must use them.

Tragically, some people believe they are going to heaven when they die just because a few drops of water were sprinkled over their heads a few weeks after their birth. They have no personal faith, have never made a personal decision, and are banking on a hollow ceremony to save them. How absurd.

Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't heaven, so don't expect it to be.

If you're looking for a place with no change, try a soda machine.