Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.

If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.

Trust is accepting what God sends into your life whether you understand it or not.

Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.

The great basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably his heart is set on us.

All I know is, if I don't care about the poor, if my church doesn't care about the poor, that's evil.