What drives me mad in evangelical circles, including some young Reformed circles, is that there is often a sit-on-the-couch-and-wait-for-God-to-do-something mentality that is unbiblical and wicked. It's probably been true of every generation, but I can see it most clearly in the younger crowd. There seems to be so little war when it comes to sin.

Preach the Gospel with your life.

Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.

I don't believe in the end that God gave me cancer, but He certainly could have stopped it and didn't.

God is at work in the mess. That's the message of the Bible. That's why the Bible is not pretty. That's why it's grimy, because God is working in the mess. He's working in the tears.

Trying to make the Gospel relevant is like trying to make water wet.

Our goal is transformed hearts that lead to transformed lives. Transformed lives do not lead to transformed hearts. Are you trackin' with that?