The primary means-of-reviva l that everyone agrees upon is extraordinary prayer.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.'

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

The doctrine of grace and redemption keeps us from seeing any person or situation as hopeless.

But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God.

When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.