Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?

Without courage we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.

Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.

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Is Christianity fair? It is certainly not fair to God. Christians believe that God sent His Son to die for your sins and mine. Fairness would demand that we die for our own sins.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

People pray in one direction but they walk in a different direction, and direction always determines where we end up.