To fail to pray, then, is not to merely break some religious rule- it is a failure to treat God as God.

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

Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you.

Religion poses a danger of creating division or intolerance between groups of people. However, the gospel of Jesus lead us to three things: humble service, reconciling behavior that is neither patronizing nor self-righteous, and a love toward people who hold different beliefs than we do.

Happiness is a by-product of wanting something more than happiness-to be rightly related to God and our neighbor.

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.

While marriage is many things, it is anything but sentimental. Marriage is glorious but hard. It's a burning joy and strength, and yet it is also blood, sweat, and tears; humbling defeats and exhausting victories.