The Bible judges the church; the church does not judge the Bible. The Bible is the foundation for and the creator of the church; the church is not the foundation for or creator of the Bible. The church and its hierarchy must be evaluated by the believer with the biblical gospel as the touchstone or plumb line for judging all truth claims.

The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.

The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received.

You are a totally loved moral failure.

How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?

To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.

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