Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.

Most churches make the mistake of selecting as leaders the confident, the competent, and the successful. But what you most need in a leader is someone who has been broken by the knowledge of his or her sin, and even greater knowledge of Jesus' costly grace

Paul sees all kinds of sins in himself and all kinds of accomplishments too, but he refuses to connect them with his identity.

A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.

The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate.

God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?

As many have learned and later taught, you don't realize Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have.