Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.

If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

Grace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.

Consumer Christianity is now normative. The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of the church for special occasions, but does not give his or her life and innermost thoughts, feelings, and intentions over to the kingdom of the heavens. Such Christians are not inwardly transformed and not committed to it.

The true saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on takeoff.