My Favorite Paragraphs of the Year

Some of the best and most memorable things I read this year.

One of my favorite quotes from John Piper is, “Books don’t change people, but paragraphs do.” That’s probably overstatement, but it gets to something important. The ideas and images that really shape us are usually short and memorable. They work their way into our minds and attitudes precisely because we find ourselves turning them over again and again.…