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

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.

Only if God can say things that make you struggle will you know that you have met a real God and not a figment of your imagination.

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.

Jesus does not divide the world into the moral "good guys" and the immoral "bad guys". He shows us that everyone is dedicated to a project of self-salvation, to using God and others in order to get power and control for themselves. We are just going about it in different ways. Even though both sons are wrong, however, the father cares for them and invites them both back into his love and feast.

The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.

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.