It is a constant battle to resist the temptation to have more luxuries, to acquire more stuff, and to live more comfortably.

God's ultimate concern is not to get you or me from point A to point B along the quickest, easiest, smoothest, clearest route possible. Instead, his ultimate concern is that you and I would know him deeply as we trust him more completely.

To be a Christian is to realize that in your sin, you were separated from God's presence, and you deserved nothing but God's wrath.

As long as you and I understand salvation as checking off a box to get to God, we will find ourselves in the meaningless sea of world religions that actually condemn the human race by exalting our supposed ability to get to God. On the other hand, when you and I realize that we are morally evil, dead in sin and deserving of God's wrath with no way out on our own, we begin to discover our desperation for Christ.

When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.

To everyone wanting a safe, untroubled, comfortable life free from danger, stay away from Jesus. The danger in our lives will always increase in proportion to the depth of our relationship with Christ.

Superficial religion consists of merely believing certain truths and doing certain things....such superficial religion is rampant in the world today.