No matter how many times you think you have failed, there is always another opportunity for you to succeed.

………………………………….To a man without a country, He appeared a joint sojourner. To Joshua armed but afraid, He came a valiant warrior.To Moses raised up on the mount, He was the One yet higher. To Shadrach,...

Whoever is not against us is for us.” Did he say both things? Could hemean both things? How can both be true at once? Or is it possible thatone of the Gospel writers got things...

Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you...

The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates’ name. And that is because Socrates’ ideas were never made law. Law, in whatever name, protects privilege.

Absolution exists, call it Christian or whatever. It’s far older than any creed, and one of our blessings.

Yes, sweetheart. Until forever I will love you. Always remember that, Ethan—until forever.

If the Cross is God’s masterpiece of His love, then the Eucharist is the centerpiece of our worship.

I used to think that kid might become a preacher. Now I don’t see how he’s going to stay out of prison. Nobody in this family ever went to prison for sex crimes. He’d be...

The mouse that makes jest of a cat has already seen a hole nearby… We don’t fear the devil because we are leaning on the resurrection power of Christ!

Feelings are involuntary reactions, so God does not say, “Feel joy.” He says, “Rejoice!” It’s a choice.

The Gospel of Judas really has been a surprise in many ways. For one thing, there’s no other text that suggests that Judas Iscariot was an intimate, trusted disciple, one to whom Jesus revealed the...

Be yourself, because you are the perfect YOU!

Don’t compare yourself to other Christians. Compare yourself to Christ. He is the one you follow. He is the one other Christians too follow”.

If Jesus didn’t do it, don’t say the Father does. If Jesus did do it, don’t say the Father doesn’t.

When others sit, a #StaticJedi is found standing—even standing along, with a message not in hand but secure in heart!

The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God He planted on Calvary.

Existe apenas um médico, carnal e espiritual, gerado e não gerado, Deus feito carne, Filho de Maria e Filho de Deus, vida verdadeira na morte, vida primeiro passível e agora impassível, Jesus Cristo nosso Senhor.

Jesus teaches us to give richly, serve sacrificially, and love unconditionally.

To deny the existence of God would be to close your eyes to the beauty around you, to close your ears to the symphony of nature, to close your nostrils to the scents wafting on...

The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Hebrews 13:5–6)

If you want to help people we have to dive into people wade into the sea of humanity.

Until you see the cross as that which is done _by_ you, you will never appreciate that it is done _for_ you.

Forgive yourself, for anything and everything. This includes things you did as an adult and way back to things you have done since you were born. You can’t change the past, so let it go...

Women in Jesus’ day were less than second-class citizens.

I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful.I’ll pray, and then I’ll sleep.

I wasn’t saying whatever they’re saying I was saying. I’m sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still...

The love and compassion of Jesus christ is not understood and felt by devils.

There was only one guy in the whole Bible Jesus ever personally promised a place with him in Paradise. Not Peter, not Paul, not any of those guys. He was a convicted thief, being executed....

God is here. This truth should fill our lives, and every Christmas should be for us a new and special meeting with God, when we allow his light and grace to enter deep into our...

In Jesus Christ, there is no distance or separation between the medium and the message: it is the one case where we can say that the medium and the message are fully one and the...

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context… you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.

From beginning to end, our Christian lives— highs and lows, fasting and fornication— are a tapestry of grace.Charis: God’s Scandalous Grace for Us (p. 31).

Don’t think too small about what God could do in your life—be prepared for God to do a big thing.

We spend more time asking what would Jesus do instead of what did Jesus do.

Immanuel, God with us-that He would leave the spiritual realm and be present in the flesh and blood in such an act of humility is a staggering notion. As it is, He willingly gave His...

Love may challenge and love may correct but love will never shame. Love may call us out to uncomfortable places but love will never cast us aside. Love may demand but will never demean. Love...

When you’re rearranging the furniture to make way for the decorations and the tree, make sure you rearrange your heart to make room for the Savior of Mankind.

Who was the greatest business man ever. . . The greatest salesman? Advertiser? Who? . . . It was Jesus. . . Jesus was the founder of modern business. . . he picked up twelve...

Jesus…remains in control of my circumstances, no matter the size of the waves.

I am God”? Why did he not explain the Trinity? Why did he not tell the mode of baptism that was pleasing to him? Why did he not write a creed? Why did he not...

The healing is my working out my salvation. The need constant because my desire for seperateness constantly wrestles with my need for oneness with Jesus. The search for Jesus is bigger, deeper and agonizing.

poor in spirit.

Every time I try to be righteous by my own actions, God reminds me my righteousness comes from Jesus alone.

Our crucifixes exhibit the pain, but they veil, perhaps necessarily, the obscenity: but the death of the God-Man was both.

For, indeed, everything about is marvelous, and wherever a man turns his gaze he sees the Godhead of the Word and is smitten with awe.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become ‘fools’ so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this...

In the radiance of His light the world is not commonplace. The very floor we stand on is a miracle of atoms whizzing about in space. The darkness of sin is clarified, and its burden...

God shall shine through the person you are and not the mistakes you made.

saved.” Alone. Watching Jimmy Swaggart on late-night TV. I also spent a painful vacation with my family one summer at Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Heritage USA Christian theme park in South Carolina. But that’s...