Intellectual ascent to correct doctrine is not salvation

Heaven is not a place for those who are afraid of hell; it’s a place for those who love God. You can scare people into coming to your church, you can scare people into trying to be good, you can scare people into giving money, you can even scare them into walking down an aisle and praying a certain prayer, but you cannot scare people into loving God. You just can’t do it.

If all you got is "I don't want to be that" then sell insurance.

When we see the bankruptcy, slavery, and vanity of everything else, we can finally say, ‘To die is gain.’

If you're a beast in the pulpit but a coward in your neighborhood, something has gone wrong.

The reality is that all God has to do is reveal himself to you,and you'll gladly join the mission in service to his kingdom. He doesn't force the issue; he just has to reveal himself as is: mighty,wondrous, gracious, loving, and radically saving. No man goes back to saltine crackers when he's had fillet mignon.

If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right.