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.

Bad theology will eventually hurt people and dishonor God in proportion to its badness.

Preaching is the pastor's main work, and preaching is heart work, not just mental work.

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

The importance of prayer rises in proportion to the importance of the things we should give up in order to pray

If truth does not lead to falling in love, it fails.

The Gospel is not a picture of adoption, adoption is a picture of the Gospel.