I have more appreciation for why the Bible avoids fuzzy psychologisms and says simply to the stealer, "Steal no more," and to the tempted, "Flee temptation." The Bible challenges us to look upward, not inward, for counsel at moments of crisis.

In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square

God does not seem impressed by size or power or wealth. Faith is what he wants, and the heroes who emerge are heroes of faith, not strength or wealth.

My mother believed he would be healed. She counted on God, and the worst thing happened. The impact of that error in theology, in thinking, impacted my life from the very beginning.

Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.

Whatever else it is, the kingdom of God is decidedly not a call to violent revolution.

Some things just have to be believed to be seen.