Adam wasn't lonely because he was imperfect but because he was perfect. The ache for friends is not the result of sin.

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.

The observer of beauty always receives a passion to share the beauty with others.

Prayer-though it is often draining, even an agony-is in the long term the greatest source of power that is possible.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

Revival occurs as a group of people who, on the whole, think they already know the gospel discover they do not really or fully know it, and by embracing the gospel they cross over into living faith.

We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry