If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere

If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice.

Prayer turns theology into experience.

Ironically, the insistence that doctrines do not matter is really a doctrine itself

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

Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.

If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior.