Flattery is saying something nice in order to help yourself. Encouragement is saying something true in order help someone else..

The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything..

We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God..

Here's good news: God is even more committed to your change, your growth, and your transformation than you are..

My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local ….

No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated..

On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony….

The worship of Christ is our joy and privilege today. And tomorrow, and next Sunday, and for all eternity..

Sincere biblical repentance is as much a work of grace as not sinning in the first place. To err is human, to make progress is divine..

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the ….

So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's not wicked. Go live somew….

The next time someone tells you, "The Church is full of a bunch of hypocrites." You can respond, "You don't even know the half of it.".

The seed of God's Word won't grow to fruitfulness without pruning for rest, quiet, and calm.

All paths lead to God, but only one path will present you before God without fault and with great joy. Pick a path, any path—it will take you to God.….

Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music w….

Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about..

If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that ev….

Legalism is a problem in the church, but so is anti-nomianism. Granted, I don't hear anyone saying, 'Let's continue in sin that grace may abound'. Th….

The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to..

To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God..

When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life..