If we haven't learned to be worshipers it doesn't really matter how well we do anything else. Worship changes us or it has not been worship. To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Worship begins in holy expectancy, it ends in holy obedience.

Our response to temptation is an accurate barometer of our love for God.

Each temptation leaves us better or worse; neutrality is impossible.

Everything that God brings into our life is directed to one purpose: that we might be conformed to the image of Christ.

Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.

God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it’s not necessary for them to be good, it’s essential for them to appear good.

The man who commits immorality does so because he thinks it will maximize pleasure if he can minimize the pain by keeping it secret.