One truth is that suffering raises profound questions with the universe. The other truth is that grace, gift and generosity also raise profound questions.

One of the oldest aches in the bones of humanity is loneliness. I mean it's one of the things that goes way back; loneliness is not good for the world. And so, whoever you are, gay or straight, it is totally normal, natural, and healthy to want somebody to go through life with. It's central to our humanity.

Any time someone makes you feel guilty about how you are living, that is part of the old system (pre-Christ).

To be honest with you, I am passionate about all the people out there who want to know Jesus, they want to know God, and they are sick of a system that is hung up on a bunch of things that have nothing to do with the love of God.

My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.

If the gospel isn't good news for everybody, then it isn't good news for anybody.

A lot of Christians have been taught a story that begins in chapter 3 of Genesis, instead of chapter 1. If your story doesn't begin in the beginning, but begins in chapter 3, then it starts with sin, and so the story becomes about dealing with the sin problem. So Jesus is seen as primarily dealing with our sins.