Everyone will be forgotten, nothing we do will make any difference, and all good endeavors, even the best, will come to naught. Unless there is God. If the God of the Bible exists, and there is a True Reality beneath and behind this one, and this life is not the only life, then every good endeavor, even the simplest ones, pursued in response to God's calling, can matter forever.

A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you need.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Prayer is both conversation and encounter with God.

Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed.

To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.