Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness.

Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.

Freedom is not the absence of limitations and constraints but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.

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?

If you are a child of God, you don’t lose your status if you have a bad week.

Honor the image of God. Human beings are not accidents, but creations.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.