A genuinely persuasive argument does not merely tell you that you are wrong about everything. It doesn't just beat on you from the outside. It comes inside your belief system, as it were, and affirms something you believe strongly. And then it says - well if you believe this (A) then why in the world can't you see that B is true?

It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.

No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we have worked to be healthy, wealthy, comfortable with friends and family, and successful with our career — something will inevitably ruin it.

We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay?

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.

[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways.