The best people often have terrible lives. Job is one example, and Jesus—the ultimate ‘Job,’ the only truly, fully innocent sufferer — is another.

In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.

Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.

If God is real, why does he align perfectly with our views? We should expect God to challenge us on what we think is right somewhere

Prayer is awe, intimacy, struggle-yet, the way to reality.

We're far worse than we ever imagined, and far more loved than we could ever dream.

I am a Christian resident of New York City. I simply read things the other Manhattanites read (NY Times, New Yorker magazine, Wall Street Journal, and many of the books they read) plus all my Christian reading. I don't do anything special to understand skeptics. I also talk to a lot of skeptics and read things they point to.