The key to maturity is time and community. Discernment and godly wisdom develop in a community that spans generations. The church is called to be thi….

I think that the church in America today is so obsessed with being practical, relevant, helpful, successful, and perhaps well-liked that it nearly mi….

When the focus becomes 'What would Jesus do?' instead of 'What has Jesus done?' the [conservative/liberal] labels no longer matter..

Our weaknesses are an opportunity for God to show his strength..

Faith in Christ is able to endure doubts-it's able to endure temptations-bec ause it faces them, not because it pretends they're not there..

People ask me, 'Why pray if God is sovereign?' I respond, 'Why pray if He isn't?.

A church that is deeply aware of it's misery and nakedness before a holy God will cling tenaciously to an all sufficient Savior, while one that is se….

Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ on every page, in every ….

My conscience does not render a positive verdict in God’s courtroom when I look inside myself. The only reason I can sleep well at night is that even….

If we think the main mission of the church is to improve life in Adam and add a little moral strength to this fading evil age, we have not yet unders….

Excellence is being thwarted not only by laziness but by reckless attachment to causes, programs, and - in some cases, leaders..

The gospel frees us to confess our sins without fear of condemnation..

Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism..

No one will be offended if we tell them that they are good people who could be a little better. The offense comes when we tell them that they - and w….

But the heart of Christianity is Good News. It comes not as a task for us to fulfill, a mission for us to accomplish, a game plan for us to follow wi….

God's church is not a stage for us to perform on but a garden for us to grow in..

The goal of Christian mission is not success, but faithful witness; not power, but proclamation; not technique, but truth; not method, but message..

The gospel of submission, commitment, decision, and victorious living is not good news about what God has achieved but a demand to save ourselves wit….

God’s Word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too, God speaking is God acting..

To preach the Bible as 'the handbook for life,' or as the answer to every question, rather than as the revelation of Christ, is to turn the Bible int….

Christians are driven by God's promises, and directed by God's purposes..