Christianity spread rapidly during the first century because all Christians saw themselves as responsible for disseminating the gospel.

Christmas can be transformed into a celebration more attuned to honoring the One whose birthday we celebrate.

God loves the world. Go thou and do likewise.

God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it’s not necessary for them to be good, it’s essential for them to appear good.

Those who have failed miserably are often the first to see God's formula for success.

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.

To make sure our convictions, views, and assumptions about our Creator stay based on biblical truth and not on popular consensus, we must continually check what we believe against the Scriptures.