To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

Jesus is the author of faith, the provider of faith, and the object of faith.

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

Holding a grudge against someone means you think you know what they deserve and you take it upon yourself to give it to them.

How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.

It is one thing to say that science is only equipped to test for natural causes and cannot speak to any others. It is quite another to insist that science proves that no other causes could possibly exist. . . . There would be no experimental model for testing the statement: 'No supernatural cause for any natural phenomenon is possible.' It is therefore a philosophical presupposition and not a scientific finding.

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