Journaling is a way to be a good steward of the Spirit's illuminations.

He shook my dozing soul and threw the cold water of reality in my face, so that life and God and heaven and hell broke into my world with glory and horror. (on CS Lewis)

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

The goal of Bethlehem College and Seminary cannot be expressed with man as the end point. Christ is the endpoint.

This assumes that the glory of Christ is our highest treasure, not health, wealth, family or even life. So preaching must continually show not that Jesus is the means to prosperity but that he is better than prosperity.

Isn't it ironic that today people say, 'If you know the love of God, you don't have to worry when you go on in sin.' But the apostle John said, 'If you know the love of God, you won't be able to go on in sin.'

Suffering for Jesus is temporary. Pleasure in Jesus is eternal.