The way God teaches us to live by faith is He takes away our feelings.

I was trying to point out I'm not opposed to gays having their partnership. I'm opposed to gays using the term marriage for their relationship.

My first reaction in pastoral care is not to explain. And again, I don't think the primary purpose of the Bible is to explain suffering. I never have, because the actual explanations are often inadequate. I think the primary purpose of Scripture is to say I am all you need in this suffering and I need comfort.

REAL fellowship is being as committed to each other as we are to Jesus Christ.

Surrender is not the best way to live; it is the only way to live. Nothing else works.

We don't have to make the bible relevant-it is-but we have to show its relevance. What is irrelevant, in my opinion, is our style of communicating it. We are tending to still use the style from 50 years back that doesn't match who we are trying to reach today.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.