A weak understanding of what the Bible says about sin is tied to a weak understanding of what the Bible says is achieved by the cross.

To know God is to be transformed, and thus to be introduced to a life that could not otherwise be experienced.

Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that readers can find a lot of useful explanation on each page without having to hunt through Bible dictionaries and commentaries and the like.

... the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.

When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery... Will there also be faith?

Sex is about timing. The world says: any time, any place. God says: my time, my place.

Jesus is hungry but feeds others; He grows weary but offers others rest; He is the King Messiah but pays tribute; He is called the devil but casts out demons; He dies the death of a sinner but comes to save His people from their sins; He is sold for thirty pieces of silver but gives His life a ransom for many; He will not turn stones to bread for Himself but gives His own body as bread for people.