The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace.

The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

Therefore bread was created for the glory of Christ. Hunger and thirst were created for the glory of Christ. And fasting was created for the glory of Christ. Which means that bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for his goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God himself. When we eat, we taste the emblem of our heavenly food—the Bread of Life. And when we fast we say, “I love the Reality above the emblem.” In the heart of the saint both eating and fasting are worship. Both magnify Christ.

Worship is ultimate, not missions. Because God is ultimate, not man.

I do not elevate the time or mode of baptism to a primary doctrine.

Only the #‎ gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage.