We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.

The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.

Doctrine does matter.

The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin.

We want to be saved from our misery, but not from our sin. We want to sin without misery, just as the prodigal son wanted inheritance without the father. The foremost spiritual law of the physical universe is that this hope can never be realized. Sin always accompanies misery. There is no victimless crime, and all creation is subject to decay because of humanity’s rebellion from God.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.