It is superstitious to equate our feelings and inclinations with the leading of the Holy Spirit.

It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.

Even the slightest sin is an act of cosmic treason.

There is nothing more foreign, more alien, to our nature than holiness.

The question is not, "Why is there only one way to God?" but "Why is there even one way?"

There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.

For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.