"Only Christianity dares to make God's love unconditional."
- Philip Yancey
"Grace is shockingly personal. As Henri Nouwen points out, 'God rejoices. Not because the problems of the world have been solved, not because all human pain and suffering have come to an end, nor becau..."
"God welcomes home anyone who will have him and, in fact, has made the first move already."
"Grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us more... And grace means there is nothing we can do to make God love us less... Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite G..."
"Breaking the cycle of ungrace means taking the initiative."
"A cease-fire between human beings depends upon a cease-fire with God."
"We are all trophies of God’s grace, some more dramatically than others; Jesus came for the sick and not the well, for the sinner and not the righteous. He came to redeem and transform, to make all thi..."
"Misunderstanding must be nakedly exposed before true understanding can begin to flourish."
"We admit that we will never reach our ideal in this life, a distinctive the church claims that most other human institutions try to deny."
"Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization ─ Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professiona..."