The gospel has supernatural versatility to address the particular hopes, fears, and idols of every culture and every person.

When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private.

The resurrection makes Christianity the most irritating religion on the face of the earth.

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

You can't live the Christian life without a band of Christian friends, without a family of believers in which you find a place.

God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.