If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

The goal of a church is not to have a bigger building or budget but to see the word of God increase and disciples multiply

Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.

You will never see the preciousness of a Savior, if you do not see the reality of your sin.

Submission to the Scriptures is submission to God. Rebellion against the Scriptures is rebellion against God

We are not called to bring a broken planet back to its created glory. But we are to call broken people back to their creator.

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

God did not send a concept, an idea, or a virtue. He sent his Son. Follow the God of love, not love as your god.

The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

I will never give up on my dreams. I have the patient to wait and work hard for its fulfillment.

I am not an atheist. I simply believe in a god different from yours

I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been born with a trowel in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.

Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.

Why does man have reason if he can only be influenced by violence?

I'll cook the water.

Just because you're unemployed doesn't mean you're not doing anything useful. You are, for example, at least keeping your mother-in-law's wit sharp.

I learned that hard work and self-discipline can overcome many obstacles.

I always seem to be singing against the grain.

Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.