As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.

A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments.

Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms.

If we are deeply moved by the sight of his love for us, it detaches our hearts from other would-be saviors. We stop trying to redeem ourselves through our pursuits and relationships, because we are already redeemed. We stop trying to make others into saviors, because we have a Savior.

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

You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.