Change won’t happen through ‘trying harder’ but only through encountering the radical grace of God.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.

Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.

When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.

In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.