One thing is certain: Nothing will set you apart from culture more than the exclusive claims of Christianity. And it is here that we must intentionally set ourselves apart-because if we do not, we will have no message for the world!

A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life.

The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me?

On the most elementary level, you do not have to go to church to be a Christian. You do not have to go home to be married either. But in both cases if you do not, you will have a very poor relationship.

The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in effecting reconciliation.

God is sovereign. His grace cannot be tamed.

A taste of righteousness can be easily perverted into an overweening sense of self-righteousness and judgmentalism.