The two things we all want so desperately — glory and relationship — can coexist only with God.

If your fundamental is a man dying on the cross for his enemies, if the very heart of your self-image and your religion is a man praying for his enemies as he died for them, sacrificing for them, loving them - if that sinks into your heart of hearts, it's going to produce the kind of life that the early Christians produced. The most inclusive possible life out of the most exclusive possible claim - and that is this is the truth. But what is the truth? The truth is a God become weak, loving and dying for the people who opposed him, dying forgiving them.

The gospel is not only the way to enter the kingdom; it is the way to live in the kingdom.

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.

In the church we have to deliberately let ourselves be transparent and accountable to others. We're a family.

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.