No matter what the storm clouds bring, you can face your pain with courage and hope. For two thousand years ago-six hours, one Friday-Christ firmly planted in bedrock three solid anchor points that we can all cling to. For the heart scarred with futility, that Friday holds purpose. For the life blackened with failure, that Friday holds forgiveness. And for the soul looking into the tunnel of death, that Friday holds deliverance.

Reading the Bible can be like meeting someone you don't know who, oddly, somehow seems to know you deeply. It's uncanny.

There is no religion like Christianity, it is not one religion among others, it is completely different, its mixing apples and oranges.

All my books come out of sermons, and I'm really a pastor who writes rather than a writer who pastors.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

Discover this mystery: as you help others face their days, you put life into your own. And life is exactly what many people need.

I don't think God is a gender. He presents himself as a father but he comes to us with the tenderness of a mother. In some of the parables, he is the housewife who cleans the house looking for the lost coin. So I think we can miss the point if we get too concerned about the gender of God.