But by faith you look in the mirror and see a robed prodigal bearing the ring of grace on your finger and the kiss of your Father on your face.

I'm convinced that the Christian claim is really true, that this is just a warm up to the big event. That this is just the appetizer to the feast, and if we can plug into that and understand that this part of our story is just the introduction, it is not even the first line of the first paragraph, it's just the first letter or first word. We are just getting started.

Those who successfully go through tough times do so because they keep insisting.

To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it.

God loves people just the way they are, but He loves them too much to leave them that way!

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book, Max on Life; for many it just never gets published. All I did was collect a few of the questions I've been asked through the years, write up a brief response and put them in this publication.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.