The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed.... Regardless of their record or character, all human beings have an irreducible glory and significance to them, because God loves them.... So we must treasure each and every human being as a way of showing due respect for the majesty of their owner and Creator.

Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.

We must go back again and again to the Gospel of Christ crucified, so that our hearts are more deeply gripped by the reality of what He did and who we are in Him.

Jesus' purpose is not to warm our hearts but to shatter our categories.

There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.

Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.