"When the lamp of the Lord exposes your sins to you, the ensuing feelings of guilt and shame are to be understood as God's grace to you. They're intended to move you to repentance and drive you to the cross of Jesus Christ where you'll receive mercy and comprehensive forgiveness from God."

"The people were able to witness the paralytic's physical healing. What they could not see is the paralytic's spiritual healing, which is the greater of the two. By connecting the two healings in the manner Jesus did, He demonstrated the truth of what could not be seen with natural eyes, which is, Jesus has the authority to forgive sins. And not merely to declare that sins are forgiven, but to actually forgive sins according to His own authority."

"Parents are responsible for raising their children in a home where God is revered, His word is honored, His precepts are kept, the gospel is held forth as the only means of salvation, and repentance, forgiveness, and reconciliation are modeled in righteous ways."

"Jesus is demonstrating His divine authority over the fish of the sea, in matters of truth, over demons, and over sickness and disease."

"When the 400 false prophets told Ahab to go up to Ramoth, he knew this was not from the Lord. But Ahab had already rejected God's truth. He didn't want to hear it. He didn't want to submit to it. He just wanted to do his own thing."