For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God.

Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

When there’s something in the Word of God that I don’t like, the problem is not with the Word of God, it’s with me.

It is one thing to believe in God; it is quite another to believe God.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God.

We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.

We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because He holds tightly to us.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

I want them to see the magic of how everything is related: To walk out into the night and see the Green Corn Moon levitate across the sky.

We think because we have words, not the other way around. The more words we have, the better able we are to think conceptually.

Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former.

Unencountered Language is the court and spark between words we recognize and those we don't.

In Washington, a confidential assistant is someone who, if you don't want to know something, you go and ask him and he won't tell you.

Service heals the recipient and the giver.

The story itself should force its moral upon you. You find out what the moral is by writing the story.

Far from having taken any positive step, I have not yet even fommed any resolution.

A half a million young people can get together and have three days of fun and music, and have nothing but fun and music, and I God bless you for it!

Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.