How does God reach us when our heart staggers mindlessly into the gray dusk of ‘whatever’? 

It hurts to be gossiped about. Because church leaders are out in front, their lives can be closely scrutinized. They make obvious targets. And no leader is immune, no matter how godly.

God will vindicate his holiness by pouring out wrath on the injustice that disregards it.

I began to realize that I failed miserably as a youth minister to the students who were under my care. I saw for the first time what preaching truly is, how serious it should be taken, and what is at stake. I went back to my dorm room, sat down on the floor, and wept.