To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore.

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.

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.

No one in the history of the world has been more inclusive of repentant sinners than Jesus and no one has been more intolerant of sin.

As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.

You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.

When you share the gospel, you're not calling people to a better way of life, you're proclaiming to them eternal life.