To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.

If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.

Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence.

If you don't love the poor, you don't know what God's done for you.

Easter means that Christmas worked.

If we can't "love the sinner; hate the sin" then how can we relate to ourselves? Love who we are in Christ but still hate the sin remaining.

It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.