The essence of forgiveness is absorbing pain instead of giving it.

Prayer is a recognition of the greatness of our God.

Jesus Christ doesn’t just give us truths; he is the truth. Jesus Christ is the prophet to end all prophets. He gives us hard-copy words from God, truths on which we can build our lives, truths we have to submit to, truths we have to obey, and truths we have to build our lives on, but he himself is the truth.

The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.

The happy ending of the Resurrection is so enormous that it swallows up even the sorrow of the Cross.

If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.