Jerusalem meant one thing for Jesus: certain death.

It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.

God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.

There will be no passion to draw others into our worship where there is no passion for worship.

Betrayed by Judas, denied by Peter, abandoned by the eleven, forsaken by God. Darkness, you get one hour. Then you die.

Do not be more devoted to your own brain than you are to the Bible.

The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule.