We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed.

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

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

A rich, vibrant, consoling, hard-won prayer life is the one good that makes it possible to receive all other kinds of goods rightly and beneficially. [Paul] does not see prayer as merely a way to get things from God but as a way to get more of God himself.