The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realized they couldn't do everything.

It's not convincing to say you are a child of God if you have none of the characteristics of your Father.

No one can hate you in this life more than Jesus was hated.

Busyness does not mean you are a faithful or fruitful Christian. It only means you are busy, just like everyone else.

No matter how long we have been walking with Jesus, we need to hear again, do not love the world.

God is not a magic eight ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for him.

On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It’s in this sense that we must be holy.