Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast.

The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless.

The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence .

We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.

In the original language, 'Fear the Lord' doesn't mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.