“Chad had been all aura then — charisma, smiles, and eyes that penetrated what you thought at first was your soul, but then just turned out to be your clothes” (Evangellyfish, p. 25).
Coal and Diamond
“The essence of this gift is that God took a ragtag bunch of sinners and transformed them into the fullness of His Son” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 6).
Invisible Patience
“And by ‘waited patiently,’ John had been a pastor long enough to know it meant he was actually waiting impatiently. Whenever he was waiting patiently, he didn’t notice that he was waiting patiently, and John was noticing” (Evangellyfish, p. 19).
Love in Motion
“God is not a static unit with static glory. The triune God is the One in whom there is an eternal and mutual bestowal and receiving of glory. As the Father loves the Son, and has loved us, so husbands and wives love one another” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 5).
Very Important Prayer Requests
“It rang again, and John pursed his lips and picked it up, hoping it wasn’t Deidre Hannock. She was a solo-obsessed soprano in their makeshift choir and was always calling with criticisms of the choir director disguised as prayer requests” (Evangellyfish, p. 12).
Having Been Brought Near
“We are not to imitate the triune unity from a distance. We are to imitate it from within” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 4).
Which Isn’t Half Bad
[Speaking of the first day of fighting at the Battle of Saratoga] “The spirits of the Americans were greatly raised. They had met the best regular troops in the world and had held their own. It was like a high school football team playing Ohio State and being down by only one touchdown at the …
Back and Forth, Up and Down
“So here he was, a day later, playing teeter-totter in his soul, going back and forth about what he ought to do” (Evangellyfish, p. 11).
How They Both Receive All
“A godly marriage occurs when a man and a woman both die to themselves, and are raised to the life that seeks the best interest of the other in all things. This is the only kind of godly marriage there is. And when we give all away in this manner, we discover that we receive …
Dispassionate Science
“It had been twenty-four hours since — as the diplomats would phrase it — the frank exchange of views had taken place. His knuckles were still throbbing gently . . . Chad had stumbled on his way to the door, lurching into Mitchell, and Mitchell had taken that opportunity to unload a punch which connected …