One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

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.

A faith without some doubts is like a human body with no antobodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask the hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person's faith can collapse almost overnight if she failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.

Change happens not just by giving the mind new arguments but also by feeding the imagination new beauties

Love is counting someone else’s needs and interests as more important than your own needs or interests or comfort.

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.

Many times people think if God has called you to something, he's promising you success. He might be calling you to fail to prepare you for something else through the failure.