It was not the volume of sin that sent Christ to the cross; it was the fact of sin.

Isn't it ironic that after 70 years Russia wants God back while we are trying to kick him out?

To be born in India is to arrive into the world swimming in religion.

In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but is called to see it in abject humility.

Jesus resisted the temptation of outrage and the quick fix of condemnation. He spent most of his time preparing wineskins before pouring new wine into them. Our tendency is to start pouring the wine into skins that will only burst.

Love is hard work. It is the hardest work I know of, work from which you are never entitled to take a vacation.

One of the most staggering truths of the Scriptures is to understand that we do not earn our way to heaven. ...works have a place--but as a demonstration of having received God's forgiveness, not as a badge of merit of having earned it.