Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there. The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God. It's a way of overcoming every obstacle to everlasting joy in God. If we don't want God above all things, we have not been converted by the gospel.

If a tornado twists at 175 miles an hour and stays on the ground like a massive lawnmower for 50 miles, God gave the command.

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!

The deepest need that you and I have in weakness and adversity is not quick relief, but the well-grounded confidence that what is happening to us is part of the greatest purpose of God in the universe - the glorification of the grace and power of his Son - the grace and power that bore Him to the cross and kept him there until the work of love was done.

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.

Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.

Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good.