If you aren't constantly astonished at God's grace in your solitude, there's no way it can happen in public.

In the christian view, the ultimate evidence for the existence of God is Jesus Christ. If there is a God, we characters in his play have to hope that he put some information about himself in the play. But Christians believe he did more than give us information. He wrote himself into the play as the main character in history, when Jesus was born in a manger and rose from the dead.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

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

Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

Jesus's teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing , religious people of his day.

Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.