I am accepted by God through the work of Jesus Christ - therefore I obey

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives.

It’s a mistake to think that you must feel love to give it.

Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

Only if you first seek inner forgiveness will your confrontation be temperate, wise, and gracious. Only when you have lost the need to see the other person hurt will you have any chance of actually bringing about change, reconciliation, and healing. You have to submit to the costly suffering and death of forgiveness if there is going to be any resurrection.

At the cross, we see the worst that sin can do, as humanity - of which each one of us is a part - crucified the Lord. But at the cross, we also see that the most that sin can do cannot thwart God's salvation.

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