God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems.

When you teach on a familiar text, you're capitalizing on common knowledge. When you teach on an unfamiliar text, you're having to build a bridge of understanding, and we need to do that as well.

The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.

Mark it down. You will never go where God is not.

You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

You come before the judgment seat of God full of rebellion and mistakes. Because of his justice he cannot dismiss your sin, but because of his love he cannot dismiss you. So, in an act which stunned the heavens, he punished himself on the cross for your sins. God’s justice and love are equally honored. And you, God’s creation, are forgiven.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right.