We are saved by a man who died loving his enemies.

When you forgive, that means you absorb the loss and the debt. You bear it yourself. All forgiveness, then, is costly.

The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.

Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it.

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.