Adrian Rogers told us as often as he could he took the Bible literally. He illustrated by saying he believed the world was created in six 24-hour days. And he repeated this to make an impression upon us. In private (Jerry Vines was with us), I asked Rogers what he did with the slavery passages of the New Testament. Did he take them literally? He paused and said, 'Well, I believe slavery is a much-maligned institution. If we had slavery today, we would not have this welfare mess.'

Indeed, your scars may be your greatest ministry. Just as the scars of Jesus convinced Thomas, perhaps your scars will convince someone today.

To be almost saved is to be totally lost.

God does not change us in order to love us. He loves us in order to change us.

If Satan can't make you bad, he'll make you busy.

The worst form of badness is human goodness when human goodness becomes a substitute for the new birth.

I’m a nobody telling everybody about Somebody who can save anybody.