God invites us to come as we are, not stay as we are.

I am God and I am coming to find you.

Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.

Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God