Some people are at the top of the ladder, some are in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot more don't even know there is a ladder.

Grace is God's love in action for those who don't deserve it.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.

What we need is a theology of salvation that begins and ends with a recognition of every person's hunger for glory.

The core of original sin, then is LOT - Lack of Trust. Or, it could be considered an innate inability to adequately value ourselves. Label it a 'negative self-image,' but do not say that the central core of the human soul is wickedness. ... positive Christianity does not hold to human depravity, but to human inability.

Any analysis of 'sin' or 'evil' or 'demonic influence' or 'negative thinking' or 'systemic evil' or 'antisocial behavior' that fails to see the lack of self-dignity as the core of the problem will prove to be too shallow.