In spite of our audacious determination to craft a custom-made god out of the story of Jesus, the Jesus of the Bible remains in complete command of Himself and us.
The restoration process remains the same today as it did when Jesus lived. Until we are properly related to God, our true identity and potential will always elude us.
Yes, you can say a lot of very convincing things about your faith, but does your faith really rise beyond well-argued propositions?
It is impossible to worship God without gratitude, and it is impossible to be grateful while clinging to self-sufficiency and entitlement at the same time.
At the end of our incessant pursuit of knowledge lies a Person, not an ideology or impersonal reality.
When being right becomes an end in itself, we lose sight of our own need for God’s grace—a need that would be there even if we were faultless.
