The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity.

The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

Unchecked, the new tolerance will sooner or later put many people in chains.

To God on whom we rely knows what suffering is all about- not merely in the way that God knows everything, but by experience.

That God normally operates the universe consistently makes science possible; that he does not always do so ought to keep science humble.

The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.

Much praying is not done because we do not plan to pray. We do not drift into spiritual life; we do not drift into disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray. That means we must self-consciousl y set aside time to do nothing but pray.