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

The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

Jesus' life was a storm of controversy. The apostles, like the prophets before them, could hardly go a day without controversy. Paul said that he debated daily in the marketplace. To avoid controversy is to avoid Christ. We can have peace, but it is a servile and carnal peace where truth is slain in the streets.

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

Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

A Christian is not a skeptic. A Christian is a person with a burning heart, a heart set aflame with certainty of the resurrection.