I am not the man I ought to be,I am not the man I wish to beand I am not the man I hope to be,but by the grace of God, I am not the man I used to be.---------------------Gender-inclusive version: I am not the person I ought to be,I am not the person I wish to beand I...
The world is complex and facing staggering problems. It needs Christians who are up to the task of making a constructive contribution, intellectually ready for the challenges that humanity faces, deeply motivated to love God and neighbor with all our minds. from After...
If you find God with great ease, perhaps it is not God you have found.
We cannot pray in love and live in hate and still think we are worshipping God.
We must be the ones that invest in abandoned places. In abandoned people. Because when the world says that there is no future there, we are the ones who know better. We believe in a God that restores.
The turning point in our lives is when we stop seeking the God we want and start seeking the God who is.
As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.
Restoration is the inworking of God's presence that transforms us with the heart of God, the mind of Christ, and the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
You're all into the 'born-again' thing. And that's great -- Jesus said that to a man named Nicodemus, to enter the Kingdom of God you need to be born again. But if you tell me that I've got to be born again, I can tell you that you need to sell everything you have and...
The Good Samaritan story is not just a good example of compassionate spirituality. It is a critique against religious passivity. If "church people" won't work for justice and mercy, God will find some other people who will.