One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.

If we do not become changed from the inside-out - if we don't morph - we will be tempted to find external methods to satisfy our need to feel that we're different from those outside the faith. If we cannot be transformed, we will settle for being informed or conformed.

There is a immense difference between training to do something and trying to do something....Sp iritual transformation is not a matter of trying harder, but of training wisely.... Following Jesus simply means learning from him how to arrange my life around activities that enable me to live in the fruit of the Spirit

The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.

There is something you can't fix, can't heal, or can't escape, and all you can do it trust God. Finding ultimate refuge in God means you become so immersed in his presence, so convinced of his goodness, so devoted to his lordship that you find even the cave is a perfectly safe place to be because he is there with you.

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.