“This morning’s faith will never do for this noon. The faith of this noon will never do for suppertime. The faith of suppertime will never do for the time of going to bed. The faith of midnight will never do for the next morning. Thank God for the reality for which we were created, a moment-by-moment communication with God Himself. …
“Regardless of their moral standing among other men and women, every human being in their natural condition is hostile and inimical toward God. We follow the devil and the sinful inclinations of our hearts. We are corrupted and unbelieving, and to us nothing is pure; both our minds and consciences are defiled (Titus 1:15). And yet, in our salvation we …
“The reality of friendship with Jesus, though, depends on a serious reckoning with the reality of Jesus. Most of us, Christians included, have grown accustomed to conducting a relationship with the idea of Jesus. But Jesus is a real person. The fact that we cannot see him does not negate this fact. The fact that we cannot see him doesn’t …
