The Bible never tells us to take a blind leap of faith into the darkness and hope that there's somebody out there. The Bible calls us to jump out of the darkness and into the light. That is not a blind leap. The faith that the New Testament calls us to is a faith rooted and grounded in something that God makes clear is the truth.

The only cure for anxiety is to get down on our knees.

Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.

Genuine love for Jesus manifests itself in obedience to His commandments.

To be a Christian is to be a theologian-a student of God and his will. The contemporary disdain for theological content and emphasis on self-image and emotions were not shared by the apostolic church.

Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.

God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.