Putting our faith in Christ is not about trying harder; it means transferring our trust away from ourselves and resting in him.

...Singles, too, must see the penultimate status of marriage. If single Christians don't develop a deeply fulfilling love relationship with Jesus, they will put too much pressure on their DREAM of marriage, and that will create pathology in their lives as well.

I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

Are you living to justify yourself, or are you living because you are justified?

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

Just because you can't see or imagine a good reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one.

The gospel frees us from the relentless pressure of having to prove ourselves, for we are already proven and secure.