Faith is more than getting a theological quiz right. Faith is to know, to assent, to put your trust in, and to cherish what is true.

Expecting perfection from ourselves or others is not what holiness is about.

Before my secret meeting with the Pope I asked him to come wearing white if deep down he agreed with the Reformation. Pretty crazy.

Don't try so hard to be hip. When the Church finds out what is cool, it is not cool anymore.

We take hold of Christ as his words take hold us.

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.

Why should we think that we wouldn't have a cross to carry? Are we somehow more deserving than our Lord?