Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.

Worship is the proper response of all moral, sentient beings to God, ascribing all honor and worth to their Creator-God precisely because he is worthy, delightfully so.

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.

You cannot find excellent corporate worship until you stop trying to find excellent corporate worship and pursue God himself.

... the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance.

Justice is not always done in this world; we see that everyday. But on the Last Day it will be done for all to see. And no one will be able to complain by saying, "This isn't fair."

The Bible is not interested in precisionism unless the context indicates that precision is particularly important.