The Bible says he was raised not just after the blood-shedding, but by it. This means that what the death of Christ accomplished was so full and so prefect that the resurrection was the reward and vindication of Christ's achievement in death.

Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.

If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails.

Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for good deeds. Christian purity is not the mere avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of good.

Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered

Spot the first risings of your besetting sin and kill it, till it is no more.

Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God