What about putting Christ back into Christmas? It is simply not necessary. Christ has never left Christmas.

Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.

In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

If ever there were a time there was nothing, there would be nothing now.

When people ask me how old the Earth is, I tell them I don't know because I don't.

Our natural inclination is to hide ourselves from God.