We live in what may be the most anti-intellectual period in the history of Western civilization.

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 are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated.

The problem with the ‘herd’ is that our voice is never ‘heard’.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

We hope we're better. The reality is we had a pretty darn good team last year. But you can't just throw your gloves out there and be good again. We want to take that next step as a team.

Being maniacal about something is very helpful.

Martial arts are art forms and require a great deal of discipline and dedication. I so admire people who focus their lives on it, because it's not an easy thing to do.

The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.

And as he spoke, I was thinking, 'the kind of stories that people turn life into, the kind of lives people turn stories into.

The big fish run the show. I'm a middle fish, but there are small fish that are poisonous.

There's a sense in which politicians can never work hard enough.