Ministry to the poor is a crucial sign that we believe the gospel.

Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.

If you need something in addition to God to make you happy, that is your true King.

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.

At the end of history the whole earth has become the Garden of God again. Death and decay and suffering are gone. . . . Jesus will make the world our perfect home again. We will no longer be living 'east of Eden,' always wandering and never arriving. We will come, and the father will meet us and embrace us, and we will be brought into the feast.

The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.