If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.

Because creation was made in the image of a God who is equally one and many, the human race will finally be reunited and our racial and cultural diversity will remain intact in the renewed world. The human race finally lives together in peace and interdependence. Glory to God in the highest goes with peace on earth.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.

Faith in God's promises means not always following the expected, rational path.

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.