If we cannot claim to live sinless lives, then the only thing that can keep us from despairing before a holy God is that we have an Advocate in heaven and He pleads our case not on the basis of our perfection but of His propitiation.

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

If you don’t know God as beautiful and satisfying, you don’t know him.

Lavish giving and open homes are close to the center of life in Christ.

Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

Now unto him who is able to strengthen you … be glory.

Every sin flows from the failure to treasure the glory of God above all things.