When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin ... Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.

When I repent, here is where it starts. I try to name my sin as honestly and as specifically as possible. Here is what repenting is not. It is not excusing my sin, minimizing my sin, it's not rationalizing my sin ... Repentance is getting painfully honest with God.

If we are serious about loving God, we must begin with people, all people. And especially we must learn to love those that the world generally discards.

The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return.

Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart.

There are dozens of references to God in the Scriptures for every one to the figure of Satan. This reflects a sometimes forgotten theological truth that the devil is by no means God’s counterpart. He is a creature, not the Creator.

The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.