Sin loves to brew in secret—bringing

the law is good and served a good purpose. But it could not save us. Otherwise Jesus would not have needed to die for our sake! The law served as a guardian until he came.

we trot about looking for “the one”: that starry-eyed soul-mate spouse who will complete us. How foolish! The only “one” who can complete us is Jesus Christ,

Christ is not the church, and the church is not Christ.

When we sit as judges over God’s rules, we make ourselves God.

sin loves to grow in secrecy.

in our culture, which worships youth and despises the old, we have a lot to learn from the biblical vision of family.

Jesus is the true revelation of what love is and what love does.

The church family, like every human family, has members that are more difficult to love.