“The salvation that God is working into us is actually God Himself — God gives Himself in our salvation” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 56).
So to Speak
“And when the blind lead the blind, they both fall into a youth ministry” (Evangellyfish, p. 95).
Incoherent Heresy
“When we consider the three persons of the holy Trinity, we must not fall into the heretical mistake of thinking that, out of the three of them, Jesus is the humble one” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 55).
Improving the Blood Flow
“But somehow her giving him a back rub always turned into him giving her a front rub, and then they would fall again. That was actually how their relationship started, which is to say, through those darn back rubs. It was her senior year in high school, and she was in Johnny’s youth group, which …
Potency Either Way
“The flip side of this is that when this goes wrong, it goes really wrong. No one can make a home as pleasant as a godly woman can, and no one can make a home as unpleasant as an ungodly woman can” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 52).
In Fact, Quite Difficult
“But Johnny still agonized over such things — what size earring would the apostle Paul have worn if his mission had been to the skateboarding and pants-droopy youth of today? Not an easy question to answer” (Evangellyfish, p. 92).
Start at the Right Place
“Her grocery money comes before his shotgun shells or pipe tobacco. When a belt needs to be tightened, it needs to be his” (For a Glory and a Covering, p. 49).
Just Like That
“That was just one problem with ministering to the youth of today — riding the wave of cool and contemporary youth ministry was like surfing the big ones, and with one false move, there you were with sand in your trunks” (Evangellyfish, p. 91).
A Priest at the Door
“A husband must also be vigilant to protect his wife from spiritual harm. This is what Adam failed to do in the garden, and what Jesus faithfully did for us. A priest is one who guards and protects the sanctuary, and in this sense every Christian man is a priest in his home . . …
I Mean, Think About It
“Rourke had delivered at least three babies in the back seats of cars and taxi cabs, and thought he was qualified to assert that there was nothing whatever that was natural about it. It was the craziest thing in the world. Women were the kind of people that people came out of, for crying out …