There is no way to have a real relationship without becoming vulnerable to hurt. Christmas tells us that God became breakable and fragile. God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back... No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.

The gospel is not about choosing to follow advice; it's about being called to follow a King.

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

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.

I have long profited from Adele Ahlberg Calhoun's gifts in the field of spiritual development, and I am delighted that she has compiled her experience with spiritual disciplines into book form. I highly recommend it and I look forward to using it as a resource at our church.

If you have to run away from something that used to be an idol, you're actually still enslaved by it. It's still controlling you.

No one is too bad for Jesus. A lot of people think they are too good for Jesus.