The sin under all other sins is a lack of joy in Christ.

A lack of generosity refuses to acknowledge that your assets are not really yours, but God's.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.

A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.

Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine.