All Christians have opportunities to serve those who might never come to church or listen to a sermon.

As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.

What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give.

The very fact that we have access to God's attention and presence should concentrate the thoughts and elevate the heart.

Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I want to be a friend.

If you have money, power, and status today, it is due to the century and place in which you were born, to your talents and capacities and health, none of which you earned. In short, all your resources are in the end the gift of God.

The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.