We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.

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.

We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite.

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work, for life is full of endless nuances and cannot be captured in just a few formulae.

He wants to do you in cause the color of your skin.

God is an immensity, while this disease, this death, which is in me, this small, tightly defined pedestrian event, is merely and perfectly real, without miracle—or instruction.

I think 40 is a good age to run a country. But I've always been fast.

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.

Man just went past with a cat on his head.