If you’re a church person and not a Jesus person, my heart hurts for you. It’s like being engaged and never getting married. It’s miserable.
God is at work in the mess. That’s the message of the Bible. That’s why the Bible is not pretty. That’s why it’s grimy, because God is working in the mess. He’s working in the tears.
No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.
Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.
Jesus doesn’t avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.
God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.
It’s OK to not be OK – just don’t stay there.
Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.
Everybody knows something’s broken in the world. But illogically, foolishly, we are looking for fixes from broken people with broken ideas in broken places.
Love says: I’ve seen the ugly parts of you, and I’m staying.
Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.
Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.
God is more interested in declaring than explaining.
If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible.
While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.
Men of God are those who walk in the fear of the Lord.
If you’re not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.
When God saves you, he doesn’t do it because you gave him permission. He did it because he’s God.
Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.
The drug of choice in the modern age is levity. We want everything to be light and bubbly. We just want to feel good.