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

Men, you'll never be a good groom to your wife unless you're first a good bride to Jesus.

You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.

Religion makes us proud of what we have done. The Gospel makes us proud of what Jesus has done.

The world is a dark place, and yet the coming of Jesus Christ shows us no one and nothing is hopeless.

Accepted in Christ, we now run the race 'for the joy that is set before us' rather than 'for fear that comes behind us'.

When I forget the gospel I become dependent on the smiles and evaluation of others.