I am so glad that Jesus does not say, “Practice more spiritual disciplines.” He says, “Come to me…and I will give you rest.
He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.
Grace means that God steps into the lives of particular individuals with the purpose and effect of saving them. He needs no permission to do this, nor is He under any obligation to do so.
Jonah’s anger was not marked by outbursts of rage but by a quiet withdrawal from the company of others and a growing preoccupation with the events in his own life.
God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and the meat that builds the muscle of a mature believer.
If you feel that without a certain person, or position, or achievement, your life would be not worth living, you may be deeper into idolatry than you think.
Human life is created in God’s image, and that makes it sacred.
Sin is a power; wherever it is given room, it will grow in strength, and it will take you where you do not want to go.
The person who learns to number his or her days gains a heart of wisdom (Ps. 90:12).
He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody. He is neither helped by our faith nor hindered by our unbelief.
If you can grasp those two truths—you are made in His image and dependent on Him—you will discover a great dignity and at the same time a profound humility.
The Law of God was never a ladder for unsaved people to climb up to heaven. It was always a pattern of life for God’s people who had been saved from judgment by the blood of the Lamb.
Saint Augustine defined idolatry as worshiping what should be used or using what should be worshiped
The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.
Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?
Living communion with God in which He is real, alive, fresh, and present to your soul energizes a God-centered life.
The heart of the gospel is that Christ has come to save us from the judgment of God.
Authentic gospel preaching always engages people with eternal issues.
Idolatry involves putting the things we love in the place of God or seeing God as a means of getting the things that we want, and that’s the second great struggle of our lives.