The ultimate end of redemption is that we worship God with our whole being and in the whole company of the redeemed.

What the church most needs is not heroes of faith, but faithful followers of Jesus.

Jesus wanted far more than to be accepted into one's life. He wanted to take over, and his essential call was to trust him enough to surrender one's entire being to him.

Prayer is the way to die to our own wishes and surrender everything to God.

The assumption that the gospel can be reduced to a note card is already off on the wrong track.

We don't ask what the Bible says, we ask what God says to us in that Bible. The difference is a difference between paper and person.

Love one another strenuously because it's hard.

God's idea of redemption is community-shaped.

God is love so all God does is loving.

One reason why so many Christians today don't know the Old Testament is because their 'gospel' doesn't even need it.

Our biggest problem is that we have an entire culture shaped by a misunderstanding of the gospel. That so-called gospel is deconstructing the church

It's one thing if your hobby is to put ships inside a bottle, but a deer in the headlights!... That's a real talent

Before birds get sucked into jet engines, do they ever think, Is that Rod Stewart in first class?

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

The way we live out our days is the way we will live our lives.

Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.

Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they?

Optimism can be more powerful than a battery of artillery or squadron of tanks. It can be contagious and it's necessary to being a leader.

Why do you want to open the outside door when there is an inside door?