This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you.

Worship is the way of life for those entranced by and passionate for the glory of God.

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.

While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

Could it not be, that God loves me too deeply, by having people challenge me so that I know I'm not perfect.

Until Christ is our treasure, any other motivation we have to suffer for him is a fool’s errand.

We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.