Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy

If God were not just, there would be no demand for his Son to suffer and die. And if God were not loving, there would be no willingness for his Son to suffer and die. But God is both just and loving. Therefore his love is willing to meet the demands of his justice.

God's global aim in creation and redemption is not only the glory of his name, but also the gladness of the peoples.

The greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt.

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people.

God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.

God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.