a Christian college or church ceases to be relevant when it abandons its conviction-driven distinctions to fit the prevailing winds of politics and culture.

By focusing on brokenness as proof of our “realness,” have we made authenticity a higher calling than holiness?

when human beings exchange their created roles (man and woman for each other, to be fruitful and multiply) for homosexual intercourse, “they embody the spiritual condition of those who have ‘exchanged the truth about God for a lie.’”

Reluctance to submit to authority is the reason many people abandon church or create their own custom spirituality. Yet Christianity would be chaos without the guardrails of authority.

The authority of community, both in the present tense and across time (tradition), is a guardrail that keeps individuals from veering into heresy.

If marriage is just about us feeling happy, then the minute a marriage stops delivering happiness, it is easy to justify ending it.

our sanctification comes not from our own efforts to follow rules, but from the Spirit of God within us (e.g., Gal. 5:16–25).

God’s covenant faithfulness to his people, even when the relationship is difficult and embarrassing, should be instructive to us. A healthy relationship with the local church is like a healthy marriage: it only works when grounded in selfless commitment and a nonconsumerist covenant.

following Jesus requires a surrender of will. Jesus is Lord and I am not. Adam and Eve couldn’t accept God’s law as final or binding. And thus sin was born on earth.