Through faith alone, we cannot be unjustified any more than Christ uncrucified.
The world doesn't read the Bible, it reads us.
Some have nothing to say so they post the scriptures and others post stuff and have no reference point. We need balance.
Weekly, normative, ordinary-means-of-grace gathered worship on the Lord’s Day is one of the more extraordinary and radical things in the world.
Not letting the sun go down on our anger doesn’t just apply to our anger against others but our anger against ourselves.
When the Lord takes away, it is so we might cling more closely to what we can never lose—himself.
The difference between being confessional and giving mere lip service to your confession is the difference between orthodoxy and theological liberalism.
The world is changing. The gospel isn’t.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees not because they were overly zealous for doctrine but because they invented their own doctrines.
Don't let your feelings inform your doctrine, make your doctrine inform your feelings.
I want to hate my sins more than I hate the sins of others who sin differently than I do.
Grace is only given to those who know they're beggars. Beggars only know they're beggars because grace is given to them.
A man who says “I’m not going to die on that hill” but never fights on any hill is not a man you can trust to fight for anything that really matters.
We often presume what God won't do, and thus we never ask him.
One of the greatest enemies of true Christianity is “spirituality.” People believe themselves to be good with God because they say "I’m a spiritual person." Everyone is a spiritual person. The question is: Of which spirit are you—Christ or Satan?
Much of pastoral ministry is serving others by hurting for them, with them, and alongside them.
Our flesh fights against prayer because prayer humiliates, tortures, and kills our flesh.
No matter our age, title, or position, we all need to find gracious, wise, older fathers and mothers in the faith and listen to them, watch them and imitate their love, wisdom, courage, humility, and grace.
While we fight amidst the raging battle in the world, gathered worship is our weekly celebration of victory that Christ has overcome the world, the battle is won, the war is over, our enemy is defeated, and our future is secure in our returning king.
The question should always be, “What does this verse mean?” and not, “What does this verse mean to me?”
We who are set free from sin's miserable bondage, delight to strive to obey our Lord's commands. The Holy Spirit makes our duties delightful. Our duties don’t cease being duties, but they become delightful to us by the power of the Spirit within us.
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