The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.

Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.

A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.

That's the illusion - the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out - and it has affected us in many ways. That's a part of the idea that professing is enough.

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

Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.

Clinical depression is an extreme form of a 'bad mood.'