The theologian's task is to make it difficult to be a Christian. It is also to make it equally difficult to be a non-Christian, that is, to present an account of Christianity that shows the difference that being a Christian makes and how that difference may intrigue...
I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.
There's a difference between stupid and ignorant. The ignorant can learn. from Alias Grace
How can you tell the difference between the conviction of the Holy Spirit & the condemnation of the evil one (or our own thoughts) Here’s one way: Conviction leads to a greater longing to love better. Condemnation has us focus on how unlovable we are.
Great leaders don't set out to be a leader; they set out to make a difference. It's never about the role; it's always about the goal.
If you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito.
Some young people don't succeed until music. Some don't feel part of something until music.Some don't feel comfortable until music.Some don't feel included until music.Some don't feel understood until music. Some don't believe until music. Music can make all the...
Love is a virtue and not a feeling. It is fed and fired by God--not by the favorable response of the beloved. Even when it doesn't seem to make a dime's worth of difference to the ones on whom it is lavished, it is still the most prized of all virtues because it is at...
Just because someone plays Beethoven badly doesn't mean Beethoven was a bad composer. Just because someone lives the Christian life poorly doesn't mean that Jesus isn't worth following. God doesn't ask you to be like Christians. He asks you to be like Jesus Christ....
I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.