I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed it—His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.

The great triad of enemies for Christian growth contain the world, the flesh, and the devil.

In salvation we are not only saved from sin and damnation; we are saved unto holiness. The goal of redemption is holiness.

If God did not act first, no one would be saved.

To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.

Look to the Bible and not your feelings as the basis of the Christian life.

Your task, O preacher, is to make sure that you are faithful to the text, that you are faithful to the proclamation of that gospel, that you are faithful to set forth the whole counsel of God, and then step back and let it happen.