Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church

Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of this truth. Prayer is primarily a wartime walkie-talkie for the mission of the church as it advances against the powers of darkness and unbelief.

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

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

Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the bedroom with an occasional tribute to the cement blocks in the basement!

Sin carries in it its own misery.

Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Never let the gospel get smaller in your heart.