What you do in secret tells you who your God is.

I've heard plenty of Christians try to answer the why question by going back to the what. "You have to believe because Jesus is the Son of God." But that's answering the why with more what. Increasingly we live in a time in which you can't avoid the why question. Just giving the what (for example, a vivid gospel presentation) worked in the days when the cultural institutions created an environment in which Christianity just felt true or at least honorable. But in a post-Christendom society, in the marketplace of ideas, you have to explain why this is true, or people will just dismiss it.

Suffering is the stripping of our hope in finite things, therefore we do not put our ultimate hope in anything finite.

Money isn't an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.

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

Christmas is an invitation by God to say: Look what I've done to come near to you. Now draw near to me...I want to be a friend.

To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.