The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.

Sometimes we behave and perform with our lives, not for God, but for an audience.

We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.

The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.

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.

There's probably no concept in theology more repugnant to modern America than the idea of divine wrath.