Marriage does not so much bring you into confrontation with your spouse as confront you with yourself.

Christianity offers not merely a consolation but a restoration - not just of the life we had but of the life we always wanted but never achieved. And because the joy will be even greater for all that evil, this means the final defeat of all those forces that would have destroyed the purpose of God in creation, namely, to live with his people in glory and delight forever.

What you do today is shaped by what you believe about tomorrow.

The cross is the place where the Judge takes the Judgment.

The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than you dared hope.

Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.

It takes both spouses to say, "My self-centeredness is the main problem in my marriage" to have a great marriage.