The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.

God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

Gifts are abilities God gives us to meet the needs of others in Christ’s name.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.

Idols are often good things that we have made into ultimate things.