It was not God’s plan to invite the disciples in on his master plan.

Any heroic effort throughout human history – yes, even a $100 million chrome bath – has failed to meet God’s standards for merit-based salvation.

Disaster is inevitable, damage is imminent, but the foundation God builds in your heart is eternal.

If internal combustion was around in Isaiah’s time, he probably could have found plenty of material for his analogic prophecies.

When Israel gave up its purity, it lost its identity.

As you daily examine your heart, tuning it and fine-tuning it by the power of God’s grace, your guide post is keeping in step with the Spirit.

The effects of air at high speed increase exponentially. The crushing effects of sin can feel the same way.

James speaks of good works like “looking after orphans and widows” as an imperative, not because it’s necessary for salvation but because it’s necessary for the orphans and widows.

With all the power in and above the Universe, God can do whatever he wants, and he chooses to love.

A few lonely, weeping romantics say BMW created the 1-series as an answer to their cries for help. Perhaps they were thinking of something other than a vehicle.

God’s rubric comes from the very mind of God and is known only by God until it’s revealed.

Job and the Jaguar XJ6 can serve as perseverance inspiration for anyone.

Jesus asks people to willingly long for healing and ask for redemption. But his power is stronger than unwillingness.

God isn’t your overbearing boss, but he’s still the one in charge of the whole operation.

Humans distinguish between patriarch and peon, proletariat and plebe, but God doesn’t.

At this point, millions of diverse Mustangs have admirably served millions of diverse people.

It is God’s joy to replenish and nourish you, and welcome you as you run on fumes into his arms. So come, “all you who are thirsty.”

The challenge is both pursuing healthy competition without being competitive, and being ambitious without wallowing in selfish ambition.

Christ-followers desperately need God’s renewal to lovingly live, share, create, and celebrate with the great diversity of people on this planet. Any idea or action should be tested against this high standard.

When planning your course, look at the place you want to go, not the place you want to avoid.