If the preaching of our ministers and the practice of our parishioners do not have the same effect on people that Jesus had, then we must not be declaring the same message that Jesus did.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

Christians don't believe that goodness gets you to heaven. Christians believe it's exhausting to rely on your own goodness to please God.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

It is possible to avoid Jesus as Savior as much by keeping all the Biblical rules as by breaking them.

Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.

Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.