"In some ways, it's those of us who are most familiar with the Spirit's promises who are in the greatest danger. Someone has said that familiarity may not breed contempt, but it takes the edge off of awe. Something like this is true about the rich texts and glory-filled promises that drop the jaws or widen the eyes of newcomers but provoke no more than a raised eyebrow in the old-timers who have ceased to dream."
"The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the..."
"Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the..."
"Dear Precious Disciple,
I appreciate your desire to follow Me and put Me first in your life. Your efforts at faithfulness do not go unnoticed. Your....."
"A primary qualification for serving God with any amount of success, and for doing God's work well and triumphantly, is a sense of our own weakness...."
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