Mark Buchanan, Your God Is Too Safe: Rediscovering The Wonder Of A God You Can't Control Quotes

Prayer makes no sense apart from waiting.

One of the most convicting things I have recently come to realize about Jesus is that He was never, not once, in a hurry.

But grace and effort are not opposites. Grace and earning are opposites.

Silence is the room we create for the searching of God, where we hear His voice and follow.

Love can’t cover over the sins we cover up…If you want God and others to cover over your sin, stop covering it up.

Laughter—just good bone-shaking, belly-jiggling, light-in-the-head laughter, is a sure sign of health. The only one who hates it is Satan and all his wannabes.

The Pharisees had an ethic of avoidance, and Jesus had an ethic of involvement.