We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's all we need to know. Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting in the promises of God.

Don't follow those who can talk a big game about their amazing faith in Christ. Follow people who are actually following Christ.

If you find yourself mistreated, misunderstood, and mocked as a Christian, take heart, for so they did to the Christ.

God gets glory when his strength shines in our weakness.

The best way to leave a legacy is to believe, teach, defend, and promote what is true.

Christians often equate holiness with activism and spiritual disciplines. And while it's true that activism is often the outgrowth of holiness and spiritual disciplines are necessary for the cultivation of holiness, the pattern of piety in the Scripture is more explicitly about our character. We put off sin and put on righteousness. We put to death the deeds of the flesh and put on Christ. To use the older language, we pursue mortification of the old man and the vivification of the new.

Just about everybody in America likes Jesus, but few like him for who he truly is.