Created pleasures are gifts from God: received with gratitude, enjoyed in their proper place and directed back to his praise.

A roving appetite always promises satisfaction in the next pleasure; wisdom receives God’s present gifts without asking them to do what they cannot.

Grace does more than forgive disordered desire: it trains us to say no to its mastery and yes to a new way of life.

Christian freedom is not the right to please ourselves; it is the freedom to enjoy God’s gifts in ways governed by his glory and our neighbour’s good.

God gives good things to be received with gratitude, enjoyed with freedom and shared with generosity.