Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.

Thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in our pain is the indisputable proof that we believe God is a part of our pain.

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.

If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

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.

Are we as willing to go into debt for the work of God as we are for a vacation to Hawaii?

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