There is nothing in this universe you need more desperately than Christ.

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.

I stood and walked around the desk so I could stand over him. Menacingly. Like Darth Vader, only with better lung capacity.

Defying the Dark One no matter the length of his shadow. We will live, that defiance said. We will love and we will hope.

Honor is unknown in despotic states.

It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean.

When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.

He dinna act like an Alpha." "He does in some areas.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, and if you screw that up, you can start again tomorrow.

Nobody but you and your caddie care what you do out there, and if your caddie is betting against you, he doesn't care, either.

There's a real danger when people get distracted by peripheral issues. They get distracted by democracy building. They get distracted about military conflicts. We need to focus on defeating jihadism.