Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.

All of the images of Jesus and of the kingdom are small things: be a light in the darkness.

On a small scale, person-to-person, Jesus encountered the kinds of suffering common to all of us. And how did he respond? Avoiding philosophical theories and theological lessons, he reached out with healing and compassion. He forgave sin, healed the afflicted, cast out evil, and even overcame death.

Life with God is an individual matter, and general formulas do not easily apply.

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

If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does.

We do well to remember that the Bible has far more to say about how to live during the journey than about the ultimate destination.