Science is about the process; it's not about the conclusion.
Jesus's miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.
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.
A writer is basically someone who shares his or her value or vision of the world.
I never felt like I was anything special. I just feel like a very lucky guy.
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object.
The notion that you could discard the old world and now make a new one. This is what was so bad about Modernism.