The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing. But that kind of spiritual humility is hard to muster. We come to God saying, "Look at all I've done," or maybe "Look at all I've suffered." God, however, wants us to look to him - to just wash.

But resurrection is not just consolation — it is restoration. We get it all back — the love, the loved ones, the goods, the beauties of this life — but in new, unimaginable degrees of glory and joy and strength.

Everyone says they want community and friendship. But mention accountability or commitment to people, and they run the other way.

The human race doesn't need more books telling them what to do. They need the power to do what they already know.

The Bible says that our real problem is that every one of us is building our identity on something besides Jesus.

After creation God said, 'It is finished'-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, 'It is finished'-and we can rest.