The rubber hits the road when we try to show grace to a person most unlike us, even someone morally offensive.

... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms.

Homeless people bear God's image too.

I do not get to know God and then do His will. I get to know Him by doing His will.

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.

Christians fail to communicate to others because we ignore basic principles in relationship. When we make condescending judgments or proclaim lofty words that don't translate into action, or simply speak without first listening, we fail to love - and thus deter a thirsty world from Living Water. The good news about God's grace goes unheard.

The church is, above all, a place to receive grace: it brings forgiven people together with the aim of equipping us to dispense grace to others.