We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. 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.

We get angry when we feel like God owes us a better life than we have.

One of the biggest obstacles in the way of people coming to Christianity is that they think they know about it already.

We are free to fight sin, and free to win; but we must still fight.

I am so bad that He had to die. I am so loved that He was glad to die.

God takes our misery and suffering so seriously that he was willing to take it on himself.