Christ literally walked in our shoes and entered into our affliction. Those who will not help others until they are destitute reveal that Christ's love has not yet turned them into the sympathetic persons the gospel should make them.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

Only if God can say things that make you struggle will you know that you have met a real God and not a figment of your imagination.

The purpose of Jesus's coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.

The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.

God is so committed to your ultimate joy that he was willing to plunge into the greatest depths of suffering himself for you.

The church does not simply have a missions department; it should wholly exist to be a mission.