The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty.

Gratitude is the joy that arises in response to God’s good will toward us in all his gifts.

We have a name for those who try to praise when they have no pleasure in the object. We call them hypocrites.

Put your ear to the ground of God's word and listen to the rumble of His faithfulness coming.

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go on in sin.' But the apostle John said, 'If you know the love of God, you won't be able to go on in sin.'

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.