Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.

Our prayers should arise out of immersion in the Scripture. [We] speak only to the degree we are spoken to.

On the cross Jesus was treated as an outcast so that we could be brought into God's family freely by grace.

We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

Think like a prophet, serve like a priest, and plan like a king.

Most people want Jesus as a consultant rather than a King, and He does not come that way.