Whatever you base your life on--you have to live up to that. Jesus is the one Lord you can live for who already died for you.

If you're avoiding sin and living morally so that God will have to bless you and save you, then you may be looking to Jesus as a teacher, model, and helper, but ironically you are avoiding him as Savior. You are trusting in your own goodness rather than in Jesus for your standing with God.

Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you.

The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs ahead of my own.

Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's a lot BETTER THAN THAT...the Bible is a single true story with teachings sprinkled through to illustrate the story.

Work is taking the raw material of creation and developing it for the sake of others.

While we want doubts to give way to faith, we should be merciful and patient with those who are still in a doubt-troubled place.