A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.

The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.

While other worldviews lead us to sit in the midst of life’s joys, foreseeing the coming sorrows, Christianity empowers its people to sit in the midst of this world’s sorrows, tasting the coming joy.

Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.

Covenant community is like air. We don't miss it until we need it.

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.