Obviously there have been historically many different theories of the atonement and I think each of them has a part. But I think fundamentally it is the substitutionary understanding that God - Jesus took our payment and you can't understand.

Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader.

Life is a gift... Life is a test... Life is temporary assignment.

We become whatever we are committed to.

Where the grass is greener, the water bill is bigger.

Worry is really just a form of atheism. Every time you worry, you're acting like an atheist. You're saying, "It all depends on me." That's just not in the Bible.

We're not completely happy here because we're not supposed to be!