You are under-qualified for the job of God.

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

It takes more than a great church to reach a city, it takes a great movement of churches.

No matter what precautions we take, no matter how well we have put together a good life, no matter how hard we have worked to be healthy, wealthy, comfortable with friends and family, and successful with our career — something will inevitably ruin it.

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.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

Truth is more important, freedom is more complex, and Jesus is more liberating than you think.