church life and ministry on Existence

Adapted from Ch 4 of On Getting out of Bed. Why is Existence Good? Living for the sake of living—doing things so that you can continue to efficiently do things—begs the question, Why live? To live...

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

The meaning of earthly existence lies not, as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering...but in the development of the soul.

Faith is seeing the invisible, but not the nonexistent.

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as “Christians” will become disciples—students, apprentices,...

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!