Is there anyone or anything that can separate me from Christ’s love for me? And
In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is no such thing as . . . not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some so...
Death was not part of God’s original design. We were not created to age, weaken, fade, and die. We were not created for love relationships that end in death. Death is an intrusion, a result of sin and...
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
God's grace does not come to people who morally outperform others, but to those who admit their failure to perform and who acknowledge their need for a Savior
When the Spirit enables us to understand what Christ has done for us, the result is a life poured out in deeds of justice and compassion for the poor.5
What must we do, then, to be saved? To find God we must repent of the things we have done wrong, but if that is all you do, you may remain just an elder brother. To truly become Christians we must als...
Religion is not the place where the problem of man’s egotism is automatically solved. Rather, it is there that the ultimate battle between human pride and God’s grace takes place. Insofar as human pri...
Our modern culture’s idea of freedom is wholly negative. We are free as long as no one is constraining our choices. However, this concept is too thin to be adequate.
Not only do your desires contradict, but they also are elusive. What are the wants of the self? Bellah asks. For all its unmistakable presence and intensity on occasion, the experience of feeling good...
No other religion envisions matter and spirit living together in integrity forever.
If you go to Jesus to get a new personality, Lewis says, you still haven't really gone to Jesus. Your real self will not come out as long as you are looking for it; it will only emerge when you're loo...
Creation, then, is not the aftermath of a battle but the plan of a craftsman.
Because of unutterable love and joy in God, we tremble with the privilege of being in his presence and with an intense longing to honor him when we are there. We are deeply afraid of grieving him.
To let the gospel of Jesus shape how we work means to heed the influence of both the psychological idols within our hearts as well as the sociological idols in our culture and profession.
All change comes from deepening your understanding of the salvation of Christ and living out the changes that understanding creates in your heart.
When you say, Doctrine doesn’t matter; what matters is that you live a good life, that is a doctrine. It is called the doctrine of salvation by your works rather than by grace. It assumes that you are...
Whatever you have set your mind on shapes your lifestyle and character. What
The revival cycles in Judges become weaker and weaker as time goes on, while in Acts they grow wider and stronger. We need a true Savior, to which all human saviors point, through both their flaws and...
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