Our Heavenly Father has been with us on every journey, and will be with us for eternity. No turn is unknown to him; no twist is a surprise to him.

Because all creation’s beauty has God as its source, humanity was destined for beautiful community.

God alone provides our right standing with him. He did this by sending his own Son in our likeness to die for our sin.

If we refuse to receive God’s forgiveness – substituting gloom for grace – that is not holiness; it is rejection of God’s provision.

Ultimately, youth ministry isn’t about youth ministry at all. It’s about adults whose faith took root in their teen years.

Repentance is more a depending than a doing – more a leaning on our Savior than a measuring of our tears.

God’s Spirit creates in us righteous desires, setting our minds on the things that please God and unsettling our hearts about anything that does not.

Before we were born again, God discerned our hearts to be defective, damaged by sin. Then, with his divine power and knowledge, he gave us new hearts to love and live for Jesus.

Jesus promised, “Your Father who is in heaven [will] give good things to those who ask him.” That’s not a promise to answer every whim but to give what is best for our souls.

Christian women need a full understanding of the gospel to break the cycle of sexual sin.