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.

The supreme form of cursedness is for the Lord to turn His back on you and bring judgment on you.

Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.

It's not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It's the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.

God's grace is so powerful that it has the capacity to overcome our natural resistance to it.

Natural man’s sin is precisely this: He wants the benefits of God without God Himself.

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