We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture.

In the secular view, suffering is never seen as a meaningful part of life but only as an interruption.

We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream.

If his suffering did not make Jesus give up on us, nothing will.

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster. We come to God saying, "Look at all I've done," or maybe "Look at all I've suffered." God, however, wants us to look to him - to just wash.

If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a man praying for his enemies as he died for them, sacrificing for them, loving them - if that sinks into your heart of hearts, it's going to produce the kind of life that the early Christians produced. The most inclusive possible life out of the most exclusive possible claim - and that is this is the truth. But what is the truth? The truth is a God become weak, loving and dying for the people who opposed him, dying forgiving them.

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.