I think there is tribalism is a big deal inside of the church, that the church thinks of themselves as a tribe and not a mission.

Our assurance is anchored in the love and grace of God expressed in the glorious exchange: our sin for His righteousness.

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

I've got three kids. I worry about them but the gospel freed me and freed my wife. We are not trying to make our kids think that we're super spiritual or we've got it all together. They see mom and dad being real people. What they hear dad talking about at home is not different from what they see from dad [at church]. That won't guarantee that they'll avoid the whole PK, MK thing. But we are hopefully not contributing to what normally produces that crisis, which is pretending.

When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.

I wish I could say that everything I do is for God’s glory but I can’t. And neither can you. What I can say is Jesus’ blood covers all my efforts to glorify myself.

The truth is that when it comes to suffering, if we do not go to our graves in confusion, we will not go to our graves trusting. Explanations are a substitute for trust.