For unbelievers, at the final judgment, there will not be one drop of mercy, only perfect justice-so much sin, so much wrath.

Some Christians live in such fear, they act as if they believe in the sovereignty of Satan rather than the sovereignty of God.

If your repentance has not changed your life, you need to repent of your repentance.

We will never know how great God's love is until we first see how great our sin is.

Jesus is not a good way to heaven, nor even the best way. He is the only way to heaven.

The greatest work God ever performs was not the creation of the universe out of nothing, but is the new creation of saints out of sinners.

With arms outstretched on the cross. Jesus took holy God in one hand and sinful man with the other and brought the two together.

The Bible is shallow enough for a new believer to wade in, but deep enough for a theologian to drown in.

A high view of God leads to high worship and holy living, but a low of God leads to trivial worship and low living.

At the cross, the worst about us-our sins-was laid upon Christ, and the best about Him-His righteousness-was laid upon us.

Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.

If you cannot treat everyone with same respect as you give to your pastor, then you are a fake person.

If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck

Love is the key that opens every heart.

The camera adds a certain sheen to things. Something about being frozen in time really makes things sparkle.

For me, the future lives only here in my mind, as thoughts and images, just as the past does, and I love those thoughts and the world that it produces. I am entirely optimistic about the future.

I read books more than I go out.

If you've ever felt oppressed on any level, there's something from 'The Wire' that you can take and identify with.

There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's no judgment on your story and/or talent.

To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.

If there is a good and wise God, then there also exists a progress of humanity toward perfection.