Prayer Is First And Foremost

Sheer Scholarship Alone Cannot Reveal To Us The Gospel Of Grace. We Must Never Allow The Authority Of Books, Institutions, Or Leaders To Replace The Authority Of Knowing Jesus Christ Personally And Directly. When The Religious Views Of Others Interpose Between Us And The Primary Experience Of Jesus As The Christ, We Become Unconvicted And Unpersuasive Travel Agents Handing Out Brochures To Places We Have Never Visited.

God Loves You Unconditionally, As You Are And Not As You Should Be, Because Nobody Is As They Should Be.

To Lend Each Other A Hand When We're Falling, Perhaps That's The Only Work That Matters In The End.

Today On Planet Earth, May You Experience The Wonder And Beauty Of Yourself As Abba’s Child And Temple Of The Holy Spirit Through Jesus Christ

The Confessing Church Of American Ragamuffins Needs To Join Magdalene And Peter In Witnessing That Christianity Is Not Primarily A Moral Code But A Grace-laden Mystery; It Is Not Essentially A Philosophy Of Love But A Love Affair; It Is Not Keeping Rules With Clenched Fists But Receiving A Gift With Open Hands.