Wealth is a relational barrier. It keeps us from having open relationships.

Cheap grace replaces truth with tolerance, lowering the bar so everyone can jump over it and we can all feel good about ourselves.

The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.

The conflicting missions of the two armies seemed to have no fog, no gray, only black-and-white clarity. I had lived my life in terms of compromise, rule-bending, trade-offs, concessions, bargaining, striking deals, finding middle ground. In these two great armies, there was no such thing. Good was good, and evil was evil, and they shared no common ground.

When my thirst for joy is satisfied by Christ, sin becomes unattractive.

It is by serving God and others that we store up heavenly treasures. Everyone gains; no one loses.

Seeking happiness apart from a right relationship God is like trying to turn on a light that's unplugged.