Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit’s illuminations.
Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone.
Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church.
To be a Christian is to move toward need, not comfort.
God made us in His own image so that His image would be shown.
Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God’s means in reliance on God’s power.
This assumes that the glory of Christ is our highest treasure, not health, wealth, family or even life. So preaching must continually show not that Jesus is the means to prosperity but that he is better than prosperity.
Betrayed by Judas, denied by Peter, abandoned by the eleven, forsaken by God. Darkness, you get one hour. Then you die.
And in these last hours, the lifetime of this year passes before my eyes, and I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say “Well done, good and faithful servant”?
Obedience does not consist in paying God back and thus turning grace into a trade. Obedience comes from trusting in God for more grace – future grace – and thus magnifying the infinite resources of God’s love and power.
God has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations.
I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person’s theology was the effect it has on one’s prayers.
Don’t marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.
Adjust your doctrine – or just minimize doctrine – to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free.
Evangelicals are distraught over the state of America because they have not been taught that we’re aliens here.
History is a conveyor belt of corpses because of Adam’s sin.
Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.
We need God in ways we do not know. Don’t limit your experience of God to what you can think to ask. Ask for the unknown joy.
Why does God bless us with abundance? So we can have enough to live on and then use the rest for all manner of good works that alleviate spiritual and physical misery. Enough for us; abundance for others.
Does Christ get a good reputation because of the way we live? Is the excellence of Christ displayed in our lives? That should matter to us, not whether we ourselves are praised.