Your love should be so far reaching, earnest, biblical, Christ-centered, pure, and self-sacrificing that the world may hate you for it.

The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

God gets glory when his strength shines in our weakness.

To start the day without prayer is to suggest the devil is feeble, God is irrelevant, and we can handle things on our own.

There is no sin so prevalent, so insidious, and so deep as the sin of fearing people more than we fear God.

There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it.