If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice.

Prayer is never just an emergency flare or desperate anxious gamble. God's attention is not based on our performance but parental love.

When the world sees us doing evangelism, they just see us recruiting. When they see us doing justice, they see God's glory.

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

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.

It is inaccurate to think the gospel is what saves non-Christians, and then Christians mature by trying hard to live according to biblical principles. It is more accurate to say that we are saved by believing the gospel, and then we are transformed in every part of our minds, hearts, and lives by believing the gospel more and more deeply as life goes on.

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.