The Church’s unity is not uniformity in every matter of her well-being. It is faithfulness in what constitutes her being.
Worship never existed as escape from the world, but preparation for life within it.
For many years, I held piety as my god.

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I can guarantee you that when Paul was overtaken by the Spirit and inspired to write these words, he did not have in mind your local school's boys' basketball tournament.
Who would ever want all these screamers and haters? It turns out that Christ does.
You’re not new because of what you do. You’re new and so you do new things, even in spite of yourself, because of your sinful nature.
Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
The good news is that with our God there is always more: more than we deserve, dare, ask, or expect, more than we can see, hear, feel, or think.
Every incendiary move of God’s Spirit is accompanied by a group of penitent people rediscovering the power and preeminence of God’s Word.
The phrase “works of the law” has an antithesis when it comes to righteousness—faith. What keeping the Law could not do, the gift of faith does.
To preach Christ and Him crucified is to reveal again the revealed God who saves.
Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
Paul calls them the fruits of the Spirit after all
We need to hear the gospel because it is good news that is not from you, or about you, or because of you.