The infallible test of spiritual integrity, Jesus says, is your private prayer life.

Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.

Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone, since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.

The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received.

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.

The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.