When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's.

Within this Christian vision for marriage, here's what it means to fall in love. It is to look at another person and get a glimpse of the person God is creating, and to say, "I see who God is making you, and it excites me! I want to be part of that. I want to partner with you and God in the journey you are taking to his throne."

God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.

Careful obedience to God’s law may serve as a strategy for rebelling against God

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

The goal of prayer is not just the sharing of our ideas, but also of ourselves.

If God is treated as God during suffering, then suffering can reveal and present him in all his greatness.