The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King.

If I have the smile of God, all other frowns are inconsequential.

A Christian is one who stops working to be saved, not one who stops working!

Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community - the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.

In every other religion the indicative flows from the imperative. Which means, ‘because I do, therefore I am... because I do this, therefore I’m a child of God.’ But only in Christianity does the imperative flow from the indicative. ‘Because I am in Christ all these things, therefore I obey.’ Exactly the opposite.

To the degree you experience God's love towards you - seeing you as beautiful and radiant - to that degree sex won't ruin your life.

Most apologetic books are really written for Christians, even the ones that purport to be written for non-believers.