Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again.

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.

Tolerance is not the absence of belief. Tolerance is how your beliefs teach you to treat other people

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.

Covenant community is like air. We don't miss it until we need it.

It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.

We do not have to make ourselves suffer in order to merit forgiveness. We simply receive the forgiveness earned by Christ. 1 John 1:9 says that God forgives us because He is ‘just.’ That is a remarkable statement. It would be unjust of God to ever deny us forgiveness, because Jesus earned our acceptance! In religion we earn our forgiveness with our repentance, but in the gospel we just receive it.