Think of the soul as the computer system that runs the whole thing. And then the spirit is the executive center. It's the faculty of choice. And then you want that faculty governed by the truth of God and the Spirit of God.

Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can't separate them.

You really can't justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.

We're not here to prove we're right; we're here to help people.

The open secret of many Bible believing Churches is that a vanishingly small percentage of those talking about prayer and Bible reading are actually doing what they are talking about.

The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers.

Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand' (Matt 3:2, 4:17, 10:7). This is a call for us to reconsider how we have been approaching our life, in light of the fact that we now, in the presence of Jesus, have the option of living within the surrounding movements of God's eternal purposes, of taking our life into his life.