“The best and most clear indicator that we are progressing spiritually and coming unto Christ is the way we treat other people.”

“As we reflect on these examples and other scriptures, it becomes clear that spiritual rebirth originates with faith in Jesus Christ, by whose grace we are changed. More specifically, it is faith in Christ as the Atoning One, the Redeemer, who can cleanse from sin and make holy.”

“... we did decide to trust Christ, but the reason we made that decision is that God had first made us spiritually alive. ... God comes to us when we're spiritually dead, when we don't even realize our condition, and gives us the spiritual ability to see our plight and to see the solution in Christ. God comes all the way, not partway, to meet us in our need. When we were dead, He made us alive in Christ. And the first act of that new life is to turn in faith to Jesus.”

“We get out of life what we put into it. The way we treat others is the way we ourselves get treated.”

“Little value comes out of the belief that people will respond progressively better by treating them progressively worse.”

“There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.”