You won't be able to change the world, yourself, anything, if you don't change yourself inwardly, deeply, enduringly.

Your heart is smothering under your small ambitions.

The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.

The deeper the experience of the free grace of God, the more generous we must become.

We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay?

While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good preaching and great preaching lies mainly in the work of the Holy Spirit. . . . We should do the work it takes to make our communication good and leave it up to God how and how often he makes it great for the listener.

When you say, "Come in Jesus as my caregiver, stay out as my Lord," he can't. He's both.