We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.

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.

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.

God is not worn out running the galaxy. He’s not taxed at all guiding every dust particle all the time.

Grace is power, not just pardon.

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

We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody