Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?

It is important that when we are engaged in admonition or exhortation or confrontation with a brother who is overcome in sin, we call attention to the truth in an extraordinarily compassionate and tender and loving spirit.

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

To call a Christian a theist is roughly equivalent to calling the space shuttle Atlantis a glider.

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.

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.

We've replaced the proclamation of Christ with an easy-listening legalism of do more and try harder.