The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment of a loving embrace - are like dewdrops compared to the bottomless ocean of joy that it will be to see God face-to-face (1 John 3:1-3). That is what we are in for, nothing less. And according to the Bible, that glorious beauty, and our enjoyment of it, has been immeasurably enhanced by Christ's redemption of us from evil and death.

If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to add to God's salvation you subtract. If you try to merit God's salvation you haven't believed at all, even if you try to do a little bit.

If the church does not identify with the marginalized, it will itself be marginalized. This is God's poetic justice.

God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.

The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.

Jesus may ask of you far more than you planned to give, but He can give to you infinitely more than you dared ask or think.

Generosity is not only about money. There is more than one currency. Let your generosity be pervasive in life.