Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.

Ministry to the poor is a crucial sign that we believe the gospel.

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

Love is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won't matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.

We must neither confuse evangelism with doing justice, nor separate them from one another.

Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.