In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

So live in the light of the resurrection and renewal of this world, and of yourself, in a glorious, never-ending, joyful dance of grace.

Reason can get you to probability, but only commitment can get you to certainty.

Jesus was the temple to end all temples, the priest to end all priests, & the sacrifice to end all sacrifices.

Bad evangelism says: I'm right, you're wrong, and I would love to tell you about it

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.

Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality.