Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.

If God does not have our highest allegiance, we will use prayer to try to get things that have that designation.

There's nothing that makes you more miserable (or less interesting) than self-absorption .

It is no more narrow to claim that one religion is right than to claim that one way to think about all religions is right.

The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns them into ultimate things. Our hearts deify them as the center of our lives, because, we think, they can give us significance and security, safety and fulfillment, if we attain them.

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.

All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.