We would say homosexuality is not the original design for sexuality. Therefore, it’s not good for human flourishing. We want people to do things that are good for human flourishing. But that’s not what sends you to heaven or Hell.

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.

When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives but that we never were.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

Suffering is actually at the heart of the Christian story.

Your heart is smothering under your small ambitions.

The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.