To be a Christian is to move toward need, not comfort.

Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people.

Marriage. The roots are deep. The covenant is solid. The love is sweet. Life is hard. And God is good.

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.

In Colossians 2:12 and 1 Peter 3:21 baptism is an expression of the faith of the person being baptized. I [do] not see how an infant could properly receive this ordinance as an expression of his or her faith.

You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.

Maintaining joy in God takes 'work'; that is, it's a fight against every impulse for alien joys and every obstacle in the way to seeing and savoring Christ.