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.

God is sovereign. His grace cannot be tamed.

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

Fixing our thoughts on Jesus requires time, for true reflection cannot happen with a glance. No one can see the beauty of the country if he hurries through it on the interstate.

Listen well, and you will be pronounced a "brilliant" conversationalist!

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

Marriage is a call to die [to self]... Christian marriage vows are the inception of a lifelong practice of death, of giving over not only all you have, but all you are. Is this a grim gallows call? Not at all! It is no more grim than dying to self and following Christ. In fact, those who lovingly die for their [spouses] are those who know the most joy, have the most fulfilling marriages, and experience the most love.