Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.

Saints didn't set out to have everyone follow them. Saints set out to follow Jesus, and others followed them in their pursuit of Him.

Oh, how thunderous the applause must be in Heaven, all those times we are mocked on earth for the sake of His name.

God loves us too much to pretend our sin isn't there. Sin is a cancer and Christ the surgeon. True prayer signs the consent form.

The following is a phrase we don't hear enough but that I sincerely mean (and our culture needs to hear more often): I love being married.

True holiness is not achieved by what we do, but what we allow God to do in us.

The people hung upon His words - that is, until they hung Him on a cross. Admiration is fleeting. Love is eternal.