The supreme form of cursedness is for the Lord to turn His back on you and bring judgment on you.

The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture.

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.

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.

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.

Repentance is something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of God the Holy Spirit.

Heaven is a place where God will personally wipe away our tears.