The demands of following Christ will cost you everything. But you gain far more than you give up. You give up dirt for diamonds.

The extent of the atonement is defined by the intent of the atonement.

God promises to meet our needs, not our greeds.

If you please God, it does not matter whom you displease. And if you displease Him, it does not matter whom you please.

The demands of following Christ will cost you everything. But you gain far more than you give up. You give up dirt for diamonds.

There is a kind of preaching that God blesses, specifically the proclamation that exalts the crucified Christ by the power of the Spirit. Conversely, there is a kind of preaching that God does not bless, a mere echoing of man’s empty wisdom that is devoid of Christ.

We must trust God, not only WHEN we do not understand, but BECAUSE we do not understand.