Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The gospel does not promise you better life circumstances; it promises you a better life.
Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.
The God of the Bible takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.
The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.
Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.
How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship.
How you experience your present is completely shaped by what you believe your ultimate future to be.
We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order.
Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
If you’re a Christian how do you deal with stress without Jesus? You don’t.
Prayer turns theology into experience.
The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
If you wait until your motives are pure and unselfish before you do something, you will wait forever.
The determining factor in our relationship with God is not our past but Christ’s past.
Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
Life changing repentance begins where blame shifting ends.
If this world was made by a triune God, relationships of love are what life is really all about.
Sin has caused our affections to stray, propelling us to worship relationships, achievement, and work-everything but God.
Describe the God you’ve rejected. Describe the God you don’t believe in. Maybe I don’t believe in that God either.
Doing justice includes not only the righting of wrongs but generosity and social concern, especially toward the poor and vulnerable.