When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.

The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

A Christian is somebody whose eyes have been opened, who admits that Jesus is not what you expected, but he’s what you need.

Through the person and work of Jesus Christ, God fully accomplishes salvation for us, rescuing us from judgment for sin into fellowship with him, and then restores the creation in which we can enjoy our new life together with him forever.

Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

All forms of love are necessary, and none are to be ignored, but all of us find some forms of love to be more emotionally valuable to us. They are a currency that we find particularly precious, a language that delivers the message of love to our hearts with the most power. Some types of love are more thrilling and fulfilling to us when we receive them.