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

Fallen man is free to choose what he desires, but because his desires are only wicked he lacks the moral ability to come to Christ. As long as he remains in the flesh, unregenerate, he will never choose Christ. He cannot choose Christ precisely because he cannot act against his own will. His fall is so great that only the effectual grace of God working in his heart can bring him to faith.

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

For a Christian to be a Christian, he must first be a sinner. Being a sinner is a prerequisite for being a church member. The Christian church is one of the few organizations in the world that requires a public acknowledgement of sin as a condition for membership.

We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.

At the moment I sin, I desire the sin more than I desire to please God.

What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?