The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.

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.

Everything worthwhile ends. We are in the perpetual process now: creation, maturation, cessation.

In terms of monetary behavior, there are two types of people in this Earth: those who save and those who spend.

Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

I just write what I think is good and keep it at a thousand words.

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.

My music is very, very precise. It's very rigorous. The forms are much more intricate than you would imagine.

A great many people experience the movement from one century to the next, but a minuscule number of people experience the movement from one millennium to the next.

We invent our technologies and then we turn around and use our technologies to reinvent ourselves as individuals, communities and cultures.

Come over here and sit on my knee and finish your orange juice.