The real crisis of worship today is not that the preaching is paltry or that it's too drafty in church. It is that people have no sense of the presence of God, and if they have no sense of His presence, how can they be moved to express the deepest feelings of their souls to honor, revere, worship, and glorify God?

God not only initiated my salvation, He not only sowed the seed, but He made sure that that seed germinated in my heart by regenerating me by the power of the Holy Ghost.

The complaint that church is boring is never made by people in awe.

God’s grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious. We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite. God sets limits to His patience and forbearance. He warns us over and over again that someday the ax will fall and His judgment will be poured out.

We prefer the shadows where we feel safe over the light which exposes us and causes us to say 'woe is me!'

What about putting Christ back into Christmas? It is simply not necessary. Christ has never left Christmas.

The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.