Self-improveme nt is no more God's plan than self-salvation.
Spiritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.
God is a God of endless opportunities to do good; the God of the open door.
Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.