And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth.

Often, it seems, we're [Christians] perceived more as guilt dispensers than as grace dispensers.

Any discussion of how pain and suffering fit into God's scheme ultimately leads back to the cross.

The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.

You can know the law by heart without knowing the heart of it

Repentance, not proper behavior or even holiness, is the doorway to grace. And the opposite of sin is grace, not virtue.

Jesus did not give the parables to teach us how to live. He gave them, I believe, to correct our notions about who God is and who God loves.