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

Spiritual leadership is knowing where God wants people to be and taking the initiative to get them there by God's means in reliance on God's power.

Sanctification is a community project.

Anger devours almost all other good emotions. It deadens the soul. It numbs the heart to joy and gratitude and hope and tenderness and compassion and kindness.

Many people are willing to be God-centered as long as they feel that God is man-centered

I don’t know how people pray who don’t believe in the sovereignty of God to do the impossible. Because all the things I want to happen are impossible. If they’re possible I’ll do them.

God aims to look valuable in the world, and that happens when we treasure him above all else.