Every time we love, we increase our capacity to be hurt.

Winning the world to Christ means winning individuals.

The ability to make judgments lies at the heart of Christian living. Unless we are able to judge doctrine, lifestyles, and entertainment, unless we are able to distinguish between outer appearance and inner character, we just might miss the purpose for which God placed us on this earth. We might end up accepting a stone for bread and a snake for a fish.

Money is emphasized in Scripture simply because our temptation to love it is inexplicably powerful.

Satan exploits pain by making it the central focus of the man’s (or woman’s) thoughts and attitudes.

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.