As I got older, I guess I became more mellow and more forgiving and more loving.

God doesn't owe us anything yet in His grace, He still gives us good things.

Sex is front-page copy everywhere. [But] nothing can alter the fact that God calls perversion sin.

God has given us two hands - one to receive with and the other to give with. We are cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing. If we fail to fulfill this divine duty and privilege we have missed the meaning of Christianity.

Christ did not suffer and die to offer cheap grace. Jesus did not go willingly to the cross so we could have an easy life or offer a faith built on easy-believism. As someone once said, 'Salvation is free, but not cheap.' It cost Jesus His life.

I never imagined anybody would ever come out to hear me preach. I'm just a country dairy farmer from North Carolina.

I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way.