God sends his angels to protect us and his Word as a star to guide us. Then he surrounds us with his grace. We become his depot, the distribution point of God's gifts.

Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.

I was praying about what I needed to teach. I felt it wasn't time to move out of the theme of Romans, which is salvation by grace through faith.

Our tendency is to be converted to church and not to Christ.

Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the One who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.

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

History is not an endless succession of meaningless circles but a directed movement toward a great event.