The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.

To say doctrine doesn't matter, only how you live matters, is itself a doctrine. It's the doctrine of salvation by works.

The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king.

Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.

There is a joy available that the deepest grief cannot put out. No circumstance or person can take away the joy God gives.