Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.

Idols tend to be good things that you have turned into god things, which therefore become bad things

My desire as a Christian pastor is to see churches raised up as communities of grace ruled by Jesus and led by his gloriously masculine men who work their jobs, eat their meat, drink their beer, romance their wives, study their Bible, and raise their kids in glory and joy

Who you think you are is what compels you to do what you do!

You have been told that God is a loving, gracious, merciful, kind, compassionate, wonderful, and good sky fairy who runs a day care in the sky and has a bucket of suckers for everyone because we're all good people. That is a lie... God looks down and says 'I hate you, you are my enemy, and I will crush you,' and we say that is deserved, right and just, and then God says 'Because of Jesus I will love you and forgive you.' This is a miracle.

The Bible is not a book of principles to live by but rather a Person to live for.

Everything may not be OK but if God is with you, you will be OK.