Our obedience is God's pleasure when it proves that God is our treasure.

A God-centered theology has to be a missionary theology

Without extended, concentrated prayer, the ministry of the Word withers. And when the ministry of the Word declines, faith (Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:2, 5) and holiness (John 17:17) decline. Activity may continue, but life and power and fruitfulness fade away. Therefore, whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

What defines us as Christians is not most profoundly that we have come to know him but that he took note of us and made us his own.

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

We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good, was purchased by the sufferings of Christ.

The greatest act of freeing happened when Jesus died in our place and paid our debt.