When a Russian cosmonaut returned from space and reported that he had not found God, C. S. Lewis responded that this was like Hamlet going into the attic of his castle looking for Shakespeare. If ther...
We hide from ourselves our self-centered capacity for acts of evil, but situations arise that act as a potion, and out they come.
Un matrimonio que se basa no en la negación del propio yo, sino en una autorrealización, exigiría una pareja que apenas necesitara atención personal y que satisficiera todas las necesidades propias si...
This is the future—fulfilling, renewing, joy-giving—that creation can look forward to because it is the future that God’s children are looking forward to.
Therefore, everything you have is a matter of grace, and so you have the freedom to serve the world through your influence, just as you can through your competence.
There is a surprise here. The great apostle does not want to visit simply so he can encourage them. He will visit so that they can encourage him, too—that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each...
The usual place to learn the greatest secrets of God’s grace is at the bottom.
The remedy is to read, re-read, deeply ponder and learn to live out of the truths of verses 18-30!
The law has the power to show us that we are not righteous; but it cannot give us the power to be righteous.
The essence of other religions is advice; Christianity is essentially news. Other religions say, This is what you have to do in order to connect to God forever; this is how you have to live in order t...
The angel literally says, Do not be fearing. Be perceiving. For I am telling you the Gospel. This is the principle—behold and you won’t be afraid. If you take time to comprehend (behold) what is in th...
Prayer brings perspective, shows the big picture, gets you out of the weeds, reorients you to where you really are.
Prayer both requires and empowers the abandonment of self-justification, blame shifting, self-pity, and spiritual pride.
Paul is saying that sin can only be cut off at the root if we expose ourselves constantly to the unimaginable love of Christ for us. That exposure stimulates a wave of gratitude and a feeling of indeb...
Othniel attacked a city in God’s strength; the tribe of Judah concluded they could not do likewise in their own. It is halfway discipleship, and Judges will show us that it leads to no discipleship at...
Ordinary moralistic religion operates on this principle: I live a good and moral life; therefore God accepts me. Gospel Christianity operates in the opposite way: God accepts me unconditionally in Jes...
Once you have learned to pray in full awareness of the disorderedness of your heart and where true joys are found, he says, you can be guided in the specifics of how to pray by studying the Lord’s Pra...
Of course, not even the strongest believers love God perfectly, nor does anyone get close to doing so. Yet to the degree you move toward loving him supremely, things begin to fall into order, into the...
Obedience flows out of faith; it is a consequence of saving faith, not a second condition for salvation.
Notice that Paul says that the gospel’s power is boundless and boundaried at the same time. He says it is to everyone. It came to the Jew first, through Jesus, but it is for the Gentile as well—everyo...