In the world of perpetual outrage, people cannot see the difference between deflated footballs, a dead lion, and dismembered babies.

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

Worldliness is whatever makes sin look normal and righteousness look strange.

Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances.

Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.

The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to.

If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.