What kind of wonderful God is this who reaches down into the lives of people, picks them up, grants them faith, and changes them!

We are not brought by faith into a realm of passivity, but rather, we are brought into the realm of diligent activity.

There's a way to preach the Bible unbiblically...You can use the Bible as the springboard for all kinds of ideas, can't you? Look around in here and find something that fits your fancy and then launch a rocket off it. People say, 'That was amazing, wasn't it? Remarkable what he got out of that.' Well of course it is because he put it in before he got it out.

Many of us are tempted to find the key in doing, but the answer is actually found in being. It is vital that we are routinely humbled by the reminder that Christian life is grounded, not in what we can do, but what has been done for us and what we need done to us.

Would anyone choose Hell over Heaven? YES! Why? Pride. They don't want to go in the only way you can go in, on your knees. They don't want to admit they are a failure, that their life is a mess.

Do you want to lead, or do you want to be liked?

The preacher's task is to declare what God has said, explain the meaning, and establish the implications so that no one will mistake its relevance.