Michael

“One of the weaknesses of the Evangelical church and the reason why it does not do restoration well is because it is theological, but it is not relational.”
― Darrin Patrick

“As Jesus was law incarnate, so he was love incarnate, and following his way of self-giving is holiness in its purest and most perfect expression. Hard, harsh, cold-hearted holiness is a contradiction in terms... Without love anything purporting to be holiness is in God's sight nothing: In other words, it is a hollow sham.”
― J.I. Packer, Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God

“Forgiveness is often (or perhaps usually) granted before it’s felt inside. When you forgive somebody, you’re not saying, “All my anger is gone.” What you’re saying when you forgive is “I’m now going to treat you the way God treated me. I remember your sins no more.”
― Timothy J. Keller, Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?

“For those not in Christ, this life is the best it will ever get. For those in Christ, for whom Ephesians 2:7 is the eternal vista just around the next bend in the road, this life is the worst it will ever get.”
― Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers