The common moral framework: Do anything as long as it does no harm to others. Problem: Whose definition of harm?

Holiness gives us new desires and brings old desires into line with one another.

We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely - and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.

As things are brought back under Christ's rule and authority, they are restored to health, beauty, and freedom.

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and to challenge ourselves without being crushed.

There is no evil that the father’s love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.