Sometimes the end God has in mind is to exercise our faith, so He brings us into straitened circumstances so that we might look up to Him and see His deliverance.

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Don't believe everything you think. You cannot be trusted to tell yourself the truth. Stay in The Word.

Three means by which God assures us that we do have eternal life: 1. The promises of His Word, 2. The witness of the Spirit in our hearts, 3. The transforming work of the Spirit in our lives.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

Lord, I am willing To receive what You give. To lack what You withhold. To relinquish what You take, To suffer what You inflict, To be what you require.

God intends that everyone who has embraced the gospel become a part of the great enterprise of spreading the gospel.

Bitterness arises in our hearts when we do not trust in the sovereign rule of God in our lives

... self-control is not control by oneself through one's own willpower but rather control of oneself through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Because God is sovereign, He is able to answer. Because He is faithful to His promises, He will answer.

My point is that love is the most powerful motivator in the world. It spurs mortals to greatness. Their noblest, bravest acts are done for love.

It is a beautiful thing to be on fire for justice… there is no greater joy than inspiring and empowering others––especially the least of these, the precious and priceless wretched of the earth!

People always make choices, always take sides!

No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny as a person toward my classmates when I was very young. You know, when I was a child, up to about the age of 12.

No one becomes depraved all at once.

Now and then I become conscious of having the reputation of being one of the great drinkers, if not one of the great drunks, of our time.

Some men act upon women like champagne; when they appear the women are sparkling and full of brilliance; when they leave the fair ones grow flat, stale, and most unprofitable companions.

A university should not be an island where academics attain higher and higher levels of knowledge without sharing any of this knowledge with its neighbours.

The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.

Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.