The gospel shows a God far more holy than the legalist can bear, yet far more merciful than a humanist can conceive

The world values power, comfort, success, and recognition. Jesus frees us to value grief, sacrifice, weakness, and exclusion.

One of the signs that you may not grasp the unique, radical nature of the gospel is that you are certain that you do.

The early church was strikingly different from the culture around it in this way - the pagan society was stingy with its money and promiscuous with its body. A pagan gave nobody their money and practically gave everybody their body. And the Christians came along and gave practically nobody their body and they gave practically everybody their money.

The image of God carries with it the right not to be mistreated or harmed.... Regardless of their record or character, all human beings have an irreducible glory and significance to them, because God loves them.... So we must treasure each and every human being as a way of showing due respect for the majesty of their owner and Creator.

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.