Wild Things
“They need to see that there are many ways to be brave; many ways to be caring and compassionate; many ways to be adventurous and creative; many ways to be strong.”
Far Beyond Gold
“When I left Rio, I thought I was leaving behind the biggest challenge of my life. I had no idea that the next two years would be even harder. And to reach joy, I had to go through trials too big for me to face on my own.”
Another Gospel?
“In Progressive Christianity there is general unity surrounding three topics: The Bible, the Cross, and the gospel— everything else is built on this foundation… It’s an entirely different religion—with another Jesus—and another gospel.”
Be Funny or Die
“Unlike drama or ballet or sculpture, you know when you’ve made comedy: it’s when people laugh.”
Beside Every Successful Man
“Real love isn’t just gazing into each other’s eyes. It’s looking out together in the same direction.”- David McCullough
Keep in Step with the Spirit
“If you were accused of honoring the Holy Spirit, would there be enough evidence to convict you?”
The Age of Magical Overthinking
“Faced with a sudden glut of information, cognitive biases cause the modern mind to overthink and underthink the wrong things. We obsess unproductively over the same paranoias, but we blitz past complex deliberations that deserve more care.”
Broken Bread
“God cares much more about how we eat than he cares about what we eat.”
Tactics
“If we disqualify legitimate discussion, we compromise our ability to know the truth, and error can thrive without restraint.”
The Anxious Generation
“It is very difficult to construct a meaningful life on one’s own, drifting through multiple disembodied networks.”
Don’t Follow Your Heart
“Self-worship not only robs us of awe, originality, freedom, authenticity, humility, courage, and adventure; it also strips us of the joyous capacity to give and receive a love that is truly redemptive, like God’s love.”
Every Good Boy Does Fine
“If you forced me to sum it up, I’d tell you that is the point of this book: a love for the steps, the joys of growing and outgrowing and being outgrown. And— just as in the Mozart— how time seems to stop, or even go in reverse, when you are learning.”
What Do I Say When…?
“We are called to witness to the truth for the sake of truth itself, not because it will be met with total gladness or joy by all, but because the proclamation of the gospel is the means by which the Lord redeems those he’s called to salvation.”
Parenting without Panic
“God’s vision for our bodies and relationships really is good news and we can talk calmly and confidently about it with even our young kids.”
Enjoying Jesus
“Take steps towards him in love and obedience, and he’ll make his home with you and transform your heart.”
Impossible Christianity
“This book is about how the line ‘how God loves us even though we are spiritual failures’, however well-intentioned is unbiblical, inaccurate, and unhelpful.”
Bad Therapy
“We parents have become so frantic, hyper vigilant, and borderline obsessive about our kids’ mental health that we routinely allow all manner of mental health expert to evict us from the room.”
The Wager
“Byron could not yet know for certain the true nature lurking inside his fellow seamen or even himself: a long, dangerous voyage inexorably exposed one’s hidden soul.”
Beautiful Freedom
What is our motivation for the choices we make regarding food and exercise and is it helping us serve Christ?
Waiting Isn’t a Waste
“Waiting on God is living on what I know to be true about God when I don’t know what’s true about my life.”