The thought of building a life around minimal morality or minimal significance—a life defined by the question, “What is permissible?”—felt almost disgusting to me. I didn’t want a minimal life. I didn’t want to live on the outskirts of reality. I wanted to understand the main thing about life and pursue it.

All the money needed to send and support an army of self-sacrificing, joy-spreading ambassadors is already in the church.

Sin is what you do when your heart is not satisfied with God.

Missions is the overflow of our delight in God because missions is the overflow of God's delight in being God.

True worship comes from people who are deeply emotional and who love deep and sound doctrine. Strong affections for God rooted in thrush are the bone and marrow of biblical worship.

Don't follow a defeated foe. Follow Christ. It is costly. You will be an exile in this age. But you will be free.

The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.