Here then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.

Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.

I believe it to be one of the most important discipleship resources we have produced at Ligonier.

God doesn't want us to just feel gratitude, but for us to show it by giving thanks to God with our lives.

The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves.

We are all servants. The only question is whom we will serve.

The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.