Because Jesus was strong for us we are free to be weak.

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.

Explanations are a substitute for trust.

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

Self-righteousness is the fruit of a low view of God's law and a lite view of your own sin.

...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.

For the life of the believer, one thing is beautifully and abundantly true: God's chief concern in your suffering is to be with you and be himself for you.