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.'

You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.

Mediation gives you knowledge about God. Obedience gives you knowledge of God.

Job is perhaps the oldest piece of literature known to man. How did Job know the Earth is suspended in space? Job could only know through divine inspiration.

God does business with those who mean business.

Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness.

What you are alone is what you are.