Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

True citizens of the heavenly city are the best residents of the earthly city.

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing.

If there is a God, you owe him far more than a morally decent life.

It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.

We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.