Grace is the free, unmerited favor of God, working powerfully on the mind and heart to change lives.

The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs ahead of my own.

Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often unfair; but contra secularism, suffering is meaningful. There is a purpose to it, and if faced rightly, it can drive us like a nail deep into the love of God and into more stability and spiritual power than you can imagine.

Tolerance is not the absence of belief. Tolerance is how your beliefs teach you to treat other people

Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I want to be a friend.

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.