The greatness of prayer is nothing but an extension of the greatness and glory of God in our lives To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule - it is a failure to treat God as God. It is a sin against his glory

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

If we pick out which parts of the Bible we dislike, we actually have a god we've created. How can that god ever call you out on anything?

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

You are worse than you think you are, but also far more loved than you feel you are.

Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we cannot really hear it.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.