"Providence, usually, gets pretty messy."

"Are we worthy of an assassination plot?"

"Slandering a Christian obscures the light of God in them through the lies of men."

"Do you know why it does not take time for Christians to become friends?"

"My childhood pastor was fond of saying, 'If you love people, you use things--and if you love things, you use people'".

"You're to have unfailing faith in God. You are not to have that kind of faith in human institutions."

Regret is an aspect of repentance.

"What does a pastor have in common with a maternity nurse?"

"You can care about liturgy, and you ought to...but you are not allowed to care about it more than God does."

"So, maybe your leftovers are not actually a true sacrifice of praise to God at all."

"Christianity is never out-of-control."

"Overturning generations of 'so-called' American-Christian wisdom."

"The visible church stopped winning because their point and their purpose stopped being to win."

"He plants and grows the tree before He calls the birds to nest in its branches."

"A man's spiritual leadership in his home...is not in any way contingent upon his IQ."

"In order to be a fervent preacher, you don't need an exciting new story to tell. You just have to actually believe 'The Old, Old, Story'"

"Is sacrifice 'anti-grace'?"

"Faith for us is not hard because of who God is. Faith is hard for us because of who we are."

"His name is great. It must be protected. Don't be stupid in thinking that your strength is greater than it actually is."