When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties.

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

Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.

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

I'll retire when they pry my cold, dead fingers off of my Bible.

To know that God knows everything about me and yet loves me is indeed my ultimate consolation.

The very heart of worship, as the Bible makes clear, is the business of expressing, from the depths of our spirits, the highest possible honor we can offer before God.