Encourage others each and every day-nothing's more important than our words.

All gifts from God are intended to direct our attention to God and create fresh affection for God.

If there's anything in life that we should be passionate about, it's the gospel. And I don't mean passionate only about sharing it with others. I mean passionate about thinking about it, dwelling on it, rejoicing in it, allowing it to color the way we look at the world. Only one thing can be of first importance to each of us. And only the gospel ought to be.

Pride is when sinful human beings aspire to the status and position of God and refuse to acknowledge their dependence upon Him.

Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world.

We don't accidentally drift into holiness; rather we mature gradually and purposefully, one choice at a time.

It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.