Christmas means Jesus came down and got involved in suffering. He hears your cries.

Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

Cities have more “image of God” per square inch than anywhere else, and so we must not idealize the country as somehow a more spiritual place than the city.

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.

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Faith journeys are never simply intellectual exercises.