Legalism is looking to something besides Jesus Christ in order to be acceptable and clean before God.

Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fields such as academia, publishing, media, entertainment, and the arts. The assumption that society will improve simply be more Christian believers being present is no longer valid.

In Ephesians 5, Paul shows us that even on earth Jesus did not use his power to oppress us but sacrificed everything to bring us into union with him. And this takes us beyond the philosophical to the personal and the practical. If God had the gospel of Jesus's salvation in mind when he established marriage, then marriage only 'works' to the degree that approximates the pattern of God's self-giving love in Christ.

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.

Every single emotion you have should be processed in prayer.

Do you realize that it is only in the gospel of Jesus Christ that you get the verdict before the performance?

Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.