Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God.

A Christian life based on feeling is headed for a gigantic collapse.

Paul taught that religions evolved because man did not honor the true God. Because of rebellion, they "exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of the corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures." One characteristic of idolatry is that it always confuses the creature with the creator.

When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.

There’s no such thing as a bitter person who keeps the bitterness to himself.

In salvation, God both declares us guilty and pays our debt. Only he can satisfy his own requirements. A savior less than God would be disqualified; God must do it himself.

We cannot say no to temptation without saying yes to something far better.