Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn't have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.

To see sin without grace is despair. To see grace without sin is arrogance. To see them in tandem is conversion.

I think I could do better in my approach to application. I think I could do better in preaching practical sermons.

We've been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do we feel anxious, but we also feel guilty about our anxiety! The result is a downward spiral of worry, guilt, worry, guilt.

I don't know if I'll always be a pastor.

All of my sermons become books. I've been accused of having no unpublished thought. I encourage pastors to do that. I think there are so many great sermons that never really get circulation.

I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves.