Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

Jesus didn't come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the answer.

The more you rejoice in your own forgiveness, the quicker you will be to forgive others.

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.

God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it.

Legalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."

...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less.