Worry is not believing God will get it right, and bitterness is believing God got it wrong.

To preach the gospel is to show people their need for salvation against a backdrop of God's nature and the character of sin, and then present Jesus as the only remedy for what ails them and the world. In my weekly preaching in the worship services I always call people to believe in Christ.

When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.

Only on the cross do you have a totally holy God and a totally loving God.

Marriage is two broken people having little broken people.

No one is exempt from trials and tribulations. In fact, this is often what happens to people God loves very much, for it is part of God’s often mysterious and good plan for turning us into something great.

If you seek to serve people more than to gain power, you will not only serve people, you will gain influence.