Knowledge does not keep any better than fish.
If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
God looks at the anxious and says, I tore my Son to shreds for you, and you're afraid I will not give you what you need?
The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.
You don't fall in love. You commit to it.
I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider.
I still get very scared when I step in front of a live audience.
Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonised.
Trust me, I'm a really nice guy.