Moses: “I can’t speak.” Job: “I have no peace.” David: “I am a worm.” Isaiah: “I am a man of unclean lips.” Elijah: “I have had enough, Lord.” Paul: “I am the chief of sinners.” In our inadequacy, God is always adequate!

The same father who left the porch to go after the prodigal left the party to go after the older brother

Theology 101: Spiritual gifts are not what the Spirit gives to you. They are what the Spirit gives to the church through you.

Praying and sinning will never live together in the same heart. Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer. -J.C. Ryle

My trust is not that I am holy, but that being unholy, he is my righteousness.

Global warming is a false science that has a false gospel (depopulation) that is a direct attack on the creation mandate to be fruitful and multiply.

Theology 101: “If one will not receive His birth from a virgin, how shall one receive His resurrection from the dead?” (Irenaeus of Lyons)

Consenting to sex is consenting to pregnancy. Your unborn child never gets to consent to an abortion.

Two of Satan’s favorite lies: 1) with enough effort, you can do the Law. 2) with enough sin, you can undo the Gospel.

If we test Islam by the behavior of Mohammed, it fails. If we test Mormonism by the behavior of Joseph Smith, it fails. If we test Christianity by the behavior of Jesus, it proves to be the truth.

You watch a preacher long enough, he will disappoint you. You attend a church long enough, it will let you down in some way. You serve in a ministry for some time, you will get hurt. All of these are true but it does not mean you quit, get bitter or leave. It does mean

The Gospel changes identities: from lost to found from orphan to child of God from wrecked to redeemed from empty to filled with the Spirit from captive to free from broken to new creation from bankrupt to co-heir from aimless to ambassador from sinner to saint from dead to alive

"If you want to see what judgment looks like, go to the cross. If you want to see what love looks like, go to the cross." (D.A. Carson)

Good Friday Reversals in the Bible.