If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jesus at all.

Christians necessarily believe we depend on God for everything-a prayerless Christian, then, is a contradiction in terms.

I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'

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

The gospel is not just the A-B-C's but the A-Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom.

When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.

Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints.