God seems far away and French fries are right around the corner at the drive-thru.

It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.

Oswald Chambers, a man who wrote profoundly and elegantly on prayer, made a radical statement when he said, "The idea of prayer is not in order to get answers from God." Good heavens—it's not? What then is the purpose? "Prayer is perfect and complete oneness with God." A mighty truth is being uncovered here.

Whatever isn't born out of deep confidence in God is sin. That includes our personality and our approach to life.

That's exactly what we do to find more of God—we practice belief. We exercise it.

Fuzzy and unspecific prayers see fuzzy and unspecific results.

God seems to be of the opinion that no one should sustain the rigors of the Christian life without very robust and concrete hopes of brazen reward.

The amount of risk you're willing to take in your life is a direct reflection of what you believe about God.

The eyes of the LORD search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him" (2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT).

Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone.