The bloodline of Jesus is thicker, deeper, stronger than the bloodline of race, ethnicity and family.

Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church

God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others.

This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.

If gratitude is not rooted in the beauty of God before the gift, it is probably disguised idolatry. May God grant us a heart to delight in him for who he is so that all our gratitude for his gifts will be the echo of our joy in the excellency of the Giver!

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

God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.