Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist.
The goal of theology is the worship of God. The posture of theology is on one's knees. The mode of theology is repentance.
It is only when we want to take our lives out of the Father’s hands and have them under our own control that we find ourselves gripped with anxiety. The secret of freedom from anxiety is freedom from ourselves and abandonment of our own plans. But that spirit emerges in our lives only when our minds are filled with the knowledge that our Father can be trusted implicitly to supply everything we need.
How do we bring glory to God? The Bible’s short answer is: by growing more and more like Jesus Christ.
When I know that Christ is the one real sacrifice for my sins, that His work on my behalf has been accepted by God, that He is my heavenly Intercessor - then His blood is the antidote to the poison in the voices that echo in my conscience, condemning me for my many failures. Indeed, Christ's shed blood chokes them into silence!
My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.
God is God; you are but one of His creatures. Your only joy is to be found in obeying Him, your true fulfillment is to be found in worshiping Him, your only wisdom is to be found in trusting and knowing Him.
Better Than You island doesn't exist. And if it does it's full of idiots, looking over their shoulder for the next idiot to arrive.
We are born in innocence. . . . Corruption comes later. The first fear is a corruption, the first reaching for something that defies us. The first nuance of difference, the first need to feel better than the different one, more loved, stronger, richer, more blessed -- these are corruptions.
Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.
We cannot truly face life until we face the fact that it will be taken away from us.