Unbelief is judged by Jesus not as an intellectual error but as a hostile act of prejudice against God himself.

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.

The result is ... that there's no room left in the world for the weird – though plenty for crude, contemptuous, wisecracking, fun-poking imitations of it.

If people don’t sleep with me I just rape them. Because right is not given but taken.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

How do you say 'delicious' in Cuban?

It is said that the offender never forgives. Certainly it is quite explicitly hard for the one in the wrong to do so. And it takes more spiritual asset than continued alcohol often leaves.

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

I was a biography in constant motion, memory to the marrow of my bones.

We remain unnecessarily worried. All worries are futile because that which is going to happen is going to happen.

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.