I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God.

When you see Jesus as your Treasure, the Spirit has blown through your heart.

It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.

"How are you doing?" - - - better than I deserve.

God is love precisely because He relentlessly pursues the praises of His name in the hearts of His people.

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie. It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we drink in every night.

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't.