We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.

Damn all false antitheses to hell, for they generate false gods, they perpetuate idols, they twist and distort our souls, they launch the church into violent pendulum swings who oscillations succeed only in dividing brothers and sisters in Christ

The more we get to know God, the more we want to know him better.

We treat the Bible, not as if it's a magic book that has to be handled like a piece of abracadabra, make sure it's dusted, never put it on the floor, and things like that.

There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.

We do not drift into spiritual life or disciplined prayer. We will not grow in prayer unless we plan to pray.

It's better to emphasize biblical theology, partly because there are fine Study Bibles already available that lean into systematic theology, and partly because biblical theology is particularly strong at helping readers see how the Bible hangs together in its own categories: that is, God in his infinite wisdom chose to give us his Word in the 66 canonical books, with all of their variations in theme, emphasis, vocabulary, literary form, and distinctive contributions across time.