The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.

The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.

Sometimes I feel like the most liberal person among conservatives, and sometimes like the most conservative among liberals.

... learning humility is a prerequisite for grace.

What a nation needs more than anything else is not a Christian ruler in the palace but a Christian prophet within earshot.

...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.

When the world asks if there is any hope, we can say absolutely! No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment- God himself was not exempt. Jesus offered no immunity, no way out of the unfairness, but rather a way through it to the other side.