The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.

It horribly skews the meaning of the cross when contemporary prophets of self-esteem say that the cross is a witness to my infinite worth. The biblical perspective is that the cross in a witness to the infinite worth of God's glory, and a witness to the immensity of the sin of my pride.

In demanding our praise God is demanding the completion of our pleasure (in him).

Sleep is a daily reminder from God that we are not God. Once a day God sends us to bed like patients with a sickness. The sickness is a chronic tendency to think we are in control and that our work is indispensable. To cure us of this disease God turns us into helpless sacks of sand once a day.

heaven is a place of unparalleled and indescribable joy

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

"How are you doing?" - - - better than I deserve.