Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.

In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics to minimize the importance of doctrine. When doctrine is minimized, heresy can exercise itself without restraint.

The more seriously we understand the radical nature of sin, the more it exercises a restraint upon us.

People need a consistent explanation of the cross of Christ and what it accomplished. Christ's atoning work is the centerpiece of the gospel and the only solution for humanity's estrangement from our Creator.

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

If grace is obligated it is no longer grace. The very essence of grace is that it is undeserved.

Evil may mar the divine image and cloud its brilliance, but it cannot destroy it.