“Grace, on the other hand, means that God is pursuing you. That God forgives you. That God sanctifies you. When you are apathetic toward God, He is never apathetic toward you. When you dont desire t...”

“And when Jesus declared, 'It is finished,' He meant it. Gods punishment for our sin was paid for, permanently settled, finished 100 percent. If you have responded in faith to Gods free pardon throu...”

“We are a generation of lovers who long to be loved. We spend exorbitant amounts of money to compel others to delight in us. We construct our ideal life on Facebook because we are unsatisfied with o...”

“God hijacks and bends evil to work peace and healing. If God were only a God of justice, He could punish evil but do no more. Only a God of grace can use our evil to work His good. Gods grace is so...”

“Grace is more than just leniency and unconditional acceptance. Divine grace is Gods relentless and loving pursuit of His enemies, who are unthankful, unworthy, and unlovable. Grace is not just Gods...”

“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).”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not de...”

“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”

“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”

“Bush spoke of another principle, that a just war must "support a just cause." In the Persian Gulf, he said, "our cause could not be more noble." What nation has ever said its war was not noble?”

“If peace is what every government says it seeks, and peace is the yearning of every heart, why aren't we studying it and teaching it in schools?”

“Nonviolence is power, but it is the right and good use of power.”

“Love may, indeed, love the beloved when her beauty is lost: but not because it is lost. Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal...”

“Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.”

“Never think that you need to protect God. Because anytime you think you need to protect God, you can be sure that you are worshipping an idol.”