Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.

Today we are apt to downplay or disregard the importance of good thinking to strong faith; and some, disastrously, even regard thinking as opposed to faith.

"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.

Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?

When we think of "taking Christ into the workplace" or "keeping Christ in the home," we are making our faith into a set of special acts. The "specialness" of such acts just underscores the point - that being a Christian, being Christ's isn't thought of as a normal part of life.

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.

When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.