It is one thing to fall victim to the flood or to fall prey to cancer; it is another thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.

For the soul of a person to be inflamed with passion for the living God, that person's mind must first be informed about the character and will of God. There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind. Though it is possible to have theology on the head without its piercing the soul, it cannot pierce the soul without first being grasped by the mind.

Once we are reconciled to God, the estrangement is over, the hostilities have ended, and the peace is sealed for eternity.

By definition, the big difference between mercy and justice is that mercy is never ever obligatory.

If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.

Cynicism and skepticism are the crudest form of quasi-intellectualism... Let the cynic become cynical of his cynicism and the skeptic skeptical of his skepticism and join the battle.