Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.

Worship is a way of gladly reflecting back to God the radiance of his worth. This cannot be done by mere acts of duty. It can be done only when spontaneous affections arise in the heart.

We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people.

The dismembering of a human being routinely in 30 minutes on an outpatient bases - or any other way - is barbaric. Four blocks from our church all year long - like churches within smelling distance of Auschwitz or Dachau or Buchenwald.

Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope.

Every criticism or slight against you, warranted or not, received or endured humbly, is written in heaven for your reward.

Jerusalem meant one thing for Jesus: certain death.