A thorn in the flesh is nothing compared to a thorn in the conscience.

The Mafia and crime bosses of this world are amateurs compared to this syndicate, ruled by the prince of darkness and the master of deception who wears many disguises and has many aliases.

There can be no mercy without truth.

We’re to love people and use things, not love things and use people.

Men throw broken things away, but God never uses anything until he first breaks it.

Every time you say no to Jesus Christ, it makes it that much harder for you to say yes to Jesus Christ.

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.'