Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.

Progress stems from education, culture, freedom and equality. Without these fundamentals, mankind will flounder.

Your approval before God is woven into the life and sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, not what other men and women think about you.

This avoidance of the difficult things of Scripture — of sinfulness and hell and God’s notable severity — is idolatrous and cowardly. If a man or a woman who teaches the Scriptures is afraid to explain to you the severity of God, they have betrayed you, and they love their ego more than they love you.

The heart of our problem is the problem of our hearts.

We can never grasp the extent of our depravity until we recognize the excellencies of our created dignity

God is awesome; he doesn’t need you to be awesome. He wants you to be obedient.