If our perfect Lord is gracious enough to take our worst, and ugliest, our most boring, our least successful, and forgive them, burying them in the depths of the sea, then it's high time we give each other a break.

The wonderful thing about God is he knows what we need to persuade us.

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

We want the safety of yesterday even though we know it's not where God would have us.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

God's word is tailor-made for gray-slush days. It sends a beam of light through the fog. It signals safety when we fear we'll never make it through.

Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.