In a smaller church your pastoring sets up your preaching. In a larger church your preaching sets up your pastoring.

No one is so good that they don’t need the grace of the gospel, nor so bad that they can’t receive the grace of the gospel.

It seems almost oxymoronic to believe that this new idealism has led to a new pessimism about marriage, but that is exactly what has happened. In generations past there was far less talk about "compatibility" and finding the ideal soul mate. Today we are looking for someone who accepts us as we are and fulfills our desires, and this creates an unrealistic set of expectations that frustrates both the searchers and the searched for.

Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself

Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you.

Big cities have a lot of 'younger brothers' who have left traditional parts of the world and their families for a more liberal lifestyle. But cities are filled to the gills with 'elder brothers' too.

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.