Despite the obvious qualifications of all of Jesse's other sons, God appoints the unlikely David to become the king of Israel.

The faith in Christ that saves us from our sins involves an internal transformation that has external implications.

The most glorious reason you exist is for the proclamation of the glory of God to the ends of the world. And it's more than having a nice life.

People who claim to be Christians while their lives look no different from the rest of the world are clearly not Christians

I couldn't really jet off to the States on a whim and a prayer.

In direct contradiciton to the American dream, God actually delights in exalting our inability.

The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.