The Sinner's Loss

Those who would avoid the despair of their sinfulness by staying far from God find they have also missed the forgiving grace of God.

God's Desire for Us

God loves us and delights in us, and so he wishes us to love him and delight in him and trust greatly in him.

God is our Landlord

We are God's tenants here, and yet here He, our landlord, pays us rents--not yearly, nor quarterly, but hourly and quarterly; every minute He renews ...

Grace Makes the Trials Light

The trials of Christian life you shall find heavy, but you will find grace will make them light.

The Necessity of Regeneration

Without regeneration, all human efforts to improve the quality of life (mental or physical) are limited.

The Grace of a Loving Marriage

It is the highest grace of God when love continues to flourish in married life. The first love is ardent, is an intoxicating love, so that we are blinded ...

Miraculous Healing Is a Small Thing

A miraculous healing from chicken pox is a small thing compared to the grace that keeps me loving, kind, and caring into the wee hours of the morning.

The 1,000th Prayer

I cannot tell you why a prayer that has been prayed for ten years is answered on the 1,000th request when God has met the first 999 with silence.

Grace: The First and Last Word

Only when grace is the first and last word of contemplation can the scars of spiritual sin be healed.

When God Interrupts Ministry

You find God's presence in surprising places.

The way pastors work, we easily confuse an outboard motor for the wind of the Spirit. We are God-called ...