Holiness apart from love, on the one hand, and love apart from holiness, on the other, are not faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The more aware we are of God’s unconditional, eternal love for us, the more we will love God back.
Jesus had not even learned to walk yet, and his family was already on the run.
Pride, which causes a person to believe he or she does not need God, is the very root of the fall.
With the knowledge of this love firmly in place, we can avoid slipping into the favor-earning pattern so typical of many relationships.
If the desire of God for the spiritual life of the believer is a deeper and deeper level of trust, this can only be accomplished through a deeper and deeper level of growth.
The greater the expectations for the relationship, the greater the potential of a dry season, and the greater the possible consequences.
The environment for this spiritual formation may include solitude, but its primary proving ground will be in community.
To follow Jesus is to be called to live in courageous faith.
What has always been regarded as one of the geniuses of the Wesleyan revivals is that we don’t just believe doctrine in our heads; we sing it into our hearts.
The best way to get into the meaning of the Lord’s Supper is to look at it through three lenses—past, present, future.
The means of grace are designed to deliver you and me from all idolatry and fully restore the image of God in us.
