Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.

The main problem in the Christian life is that we have not thought out the deep implications of the gospel, we have not 'used' the gospel in and on all parts of our life.

I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'

Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.

Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.