If you are in Christ, you are fully and completely forgiven for all your sin-past, present and future.

Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.

The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy.

We spend so much time trying to put send to death that we don't spend enough time striving to know God deeply, trying to gaze upon the wonder of Jesus Christ and have that transform our affections to the point where our love and hope are steadfastly on Christ.

God doesn't NEED raw material. He MAKES material.

Trying to figure out God is like trying to catch a fish in the Pacific Ocean with an inch of dental floss.

What stirs up in my heart is, 'Oh would we see an outpouring of the Holy Spirit.'