When God saved me, He gave me a thirst to learn and to read and to study. I thrived in college. I got a bachelor's degree in philosophy and then went to Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando.

Our default faith mode is to trust, above all things, our own ability to create a safe, controllable, predictable world.

Because of Jesus the sin we cannot forget God does not remember.

Real, pure, unadulterated freedom happens when the resources of the gospel smash any sense of need to secure for myself anything beyond what Christ has already secured for me.

I actually think one of most profoundly and deep pastoral moments between a pastor and his church is what happens between them before God in the context of preaching.

The bad news that we are all guilty is met with the best news that God loves and forgives guilty people.

Christianity is not "Jesus is our example." Christianity is "Jesus is our substitute."