The focus of Satan's efforts is always the same: to deceive us into believing that the passing pleasures of sin are more satisfying than obedience.

The focus of Satan's efforts is always the same: to deceive us into believing that the passing pleasures of sin are more satisfying than obedience.

The New Testament never once warns us that humbly seeking and praying for spiritual gifts will bring anything other than a blessing.

Self-image, the concept we have of ourselves, must begin not by looking in the mirror but by looking into the face of God.

Spiritual gifts, to put it as simply as I know how, are the more or less concrete and tangible ways in which the Holy Spirit manifests his presence in and through the individual members of the church.

Sin turns ugly and is subject to defeat only when seen in the light of Christ's beauty.

The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship.