We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.

What is the essence of evil? It is forsaking a living fountain for broken cisterns. God gets derision and we get death. They are one: choosing sugarcoated misery we mock the lifegiving God. It was meant to be another way: God's glory exalted in our everlasting joy.

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.

It has to do with seeing God. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matthew 5:8).

I do not aim to be immediately practical but eternally helpful.

The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.