We cannot free ourselves from pride and selfish ambition; a divine rescue is absolutely necessary.

Sunday is the best day of the week because we celebrate the risen Christ of the cross in the local church, the dearest place on earth.

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.

No matter the severity of suffering we experience in this life, it will always be less that what we have deserved for our sins

A cross centered life is made up of cross centered days.

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

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