The chief reason people do not know God is not because He hides from them but because they hide from Him.

The major mark of justified believers is joy, especially joy in God himself. We should be the most positive people in the world. For the new community of Jesus Christ is characterized not by a self-centered triumphalism but by a God-centered worship.

No theology is genuinely Christian which does not arise from and focus on the cross.

What we need is not more learning, not more eloquence, not more persuasion, not more organization, but more power from the Holy Spirit.

God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.

Why is it that some Christians cross land and sea, continents and cultures, as missionaries? What on earth impels them? It is not in order to commend a civilization, an institution or an ideology, but rather a person, Jesus Christ, whom they believe to be unique.

Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name. Therefore, acceptable worship is impossible without preaching. For preaching is making known the name of the Lord, and worship is praising the name of the Lord made known.