We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer.

While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy.

The reconciling gospel is always at the forefront of the church’s social action, because a full belly is not better than a reconciled soul.

Men of God are those who walk in the fear of the Lord.

Prayer does two things. It shows the complete sufficiency of God and the complete helplessness of man. It shows that God is not lacking, that He is in need of no thing, that He is infinitely and gloriously wealthy, that He can give to, He can bless and He can answer without the need of help from anyone or anything else. And it also shows that we are in desperate need of that kind of sufficiency.

Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.