It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

You can only afford to be generous if you actually have some money in the bank to give. In the same way, if your only source of love and meaning is your spouse, then anytime he or she fails you, it will not just cause grief but a psychological cataclysm. If, however, you know something of the work of the Spirit in your life, you have enough love "in the bank" to be generous to your spouse even when you are not getting much affection or kindness at the moment.

Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.

How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

When people say, "God is love," I think they mean that love is extremely important, or that God really wants us to love. But in Christian conception, God really has love as his essence.

Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor.