More often than not, we want him to have fairy wings and spread fairy dust and shine like a precious little star, dispensing nothing but good times on everyone, like some kind of hybrid of Tinker Bell and Aladdin’s Genie. But the God of the Bible, this God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, is a pillar of fire and a column of smoke.

If you want to grow in true wisdom, grow in a knowledge of the God of the Bible.

When I think about sanctification, a couple things immediately pop into my head. One is how slow it actually is. I think everybody wants the silver-bullet, the thing that makes sanctification move like a superhighway rather than the dirt path that it is. The other is that, by in large, the greatest single asset in ongoing sanctification is a serious pursuit of joy in the face of Jesus Christ.

In essence, we are reconciled to reconcile.

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

Jesus doesn't avoid those who mess up. Jesus runs to those who mess up.

God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ.