And in these last hours, the lifetime of this year passes before my eyes, and I face the inevitable question: Did I live it well? Will Jesus Christ, the righteous judge, say “Well done, good and faithful servant”?

People don't enjoy salt. They enjoy what is salted. We are the salt of the earth. We do not exist for ourselves.

The gospel is not a way to get people to heaven; it is a way to get people to God.

Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.

The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate. God is. Satan, the great lover of evil and suffering, is not sovereign. God is.

Avalanches of evil begin with a single pebble of sin.

To love God passionately is to love truth passionately.