Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves.

No matter what obeisance the state may demand, we who serve the King are free indeed.

Sanctification is the process in which we become more aware of how sinful we are.

Because He freely owned my guilt I may freely own my sin. Guilty as charged, and yet, not guilty at all.

He didn't love me because I'm valuable. Because He loved me, I became valuable.

Creeds are definitions of what it means to be a Christian. They are fences that, albeit imperfectly, seek to separate sheep from goats.

I am not accusing God of sinning; I am suggesting that he created sin