We must not offer people a system of redemption, a set of insights and principles. We offer people a Redeemer.

There is nothing that could be revealed about a pastor that has not already been covered by the blood of Jesus

The church is not a theological classroom. It is a conversion, confession, repentance, reconciliation, forgiveness and sanctification center, where flawed people place their faith in Christ, gather to know and love him better, and learn to love others as he designed.

Standing near someone you love in a time of trouble is its own reward.

Sin makes us moral quadriplegics.

If you don't keep the eyes of your heart focused on the paradise that is to come, you will try to turn this poor fallen world into the paradise it will never be.

You can tell yourself that God's not fair, or you can thank Him that He's not fair. If God was fair, we would be doomed and condemned.