I didn’t want to speak in this church
I had been asked to preach at three services in a church in Southern California. I had spoken in many churches but this one made me nervous.

I had been asked to preach at three services in a church in Southern California. I had spoken in many churches but this one made me nervous.
This misunderstanding of the necessity of genuine conversion usually comes from an unawareness of the reality of false conversion.
I heard that Saint Francis said “Preach the Gospel at all times. Where necessary, use words.” That statement upset me beyond words because it was a philosophy that I knew sounded deeply spiritual . . . to those who were spiritually shallow.
Jesus was tempted in the same ways we are tempted. So it wouldn’t be unbiblical to say that He was tempted to commit sexual sin, but He never did — not even in thought.
Every verse you superficially skim-read you show that you are not digging for treasure, so don’t be surprised when you won’t find any.
What do you say to someone who says, “I don’t care what happens to me after I die”?
Most of us are unconsciously becoming jerks. We are becoming impatient, graceless, annoying jerks. But when someone comes to genuine faith in Jesus, there is a positive spinoff.
Don’t be discouraged by all this. If God wants your book published, things will work out.
We’ve all been caught with our hand in the cookie jar, and therefore have two avenues: we can either try to cover our sins, or we can confess them.
Atheism is the “far country” of the prodigal son. He just wants to get away from God and His moral accountability. He wants to roll in the pigsty.