The church is in trouble-that's what they say anyways. The problem is most of what they call the church is not the church, and the church is not quite as in trouble as everybody thinks. As a matter of fact, the church today is absolutely beautiful-she's glorious, she's humble, she's broken, and she's confessing her sin. The problem is what everybody's calling the church today isn't the church. Basically, by and large, what's called the church today is nothing more than a bunch of unconverted church people with unconverted pastors.

We find or invent the cleverest means of attributing our sins to anything or anyone outside of ourselves.

We as Americans are the wealthiest Christians who ever walked on the face of the earth. We are the most protected Christians that ever walked on the face of the earth, and yet we are the emptiest Christians who ever walked on the face of the earth.

The measure of biblical truth that we have grasped is not determined by the size of our heads, but the breadth of our hearts.

The evidence of justification by faith is the ongoing work of sanctification through the Holy Spirit.

All the decisions you makehow many of those decisions are based on you doing simply what's right in your own eyes, and how many times specifically have you gone to Scripture looking for the answer, with regard to anything?

If following Jesus Christ doesn't cost you anything, it's because you've bought into 'American Christianity.'