We are punished by our sins, not for them.
God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you search, and you will find knock, and the door will be opened for you.
For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
To gather with God's people in united adoration of the Father is as necessary to the Christian life as prayer.
Human beings must be known to be loved but Divine beings must be loved to be known.