If we aren’t prepared to be counter-cultural we aren’t ready to be Christians.

Sanctification will be drudgery unless we believe that holiness is possible and that it is pleasing to God.

Any gospel which says only what you must do and never announces what Christ has done is no gospel at all.

Scripture is profitable for training in righteousness. No one succeeds at the highest level in sports without working out. No one makes it in music without lots of practice. No one excels in scholarship without years of study. And no one makes it far in the school of holiness without hours and days and years in the word. You and I simply will not mature as quickly, minister as effectively, or live as gloriously without immersing ourselves in the Scriptures. We need the Bible if we are to be competent Christians.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

Walking in the light means we pursue obedience and are honest about our remaining darkness.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.