The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.

Jesus was much more interested in the quality of the people's response to him than in the quantity of the crowd.

Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.

Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.

A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a product of his love.

All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.

Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again.