The main problem in the Christian life is that we have not thought out the deep implications of the gospel, we have not 'used' the gospel in and on all parts of our life.

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

Easter means that Christmas worked.

If you come from insignificance and when you die you return to insignificance, then nothing is significant now.

Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality.

Religious people find God useful. Gospel people find him beautiful.

Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as in the case of Jonah imperiled by the storm), some suffering is given not to correct past wrongs but to prevent future ones (as in the case of Joseph sold into slavery), and some suffering has no purpose other than to lead a person to love God more ardently for himself alone and so discover the ultimate peace and freedom.