No sinner has the right to say with impunity, 'God you owe me grace.' If grace is owed, it is not grace. The very essence of grace is its voluntary character. God reserves to himself the sovereign, absolute right to give grace to some and withhold that grace from others.

It's dangerous to assume that because a man is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. I am sure that the reason that I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy.

If the being of God ceased for one second, the universe would disappear.

God is not blind; neither is He capricious. For Him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events.

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.

We do not determine right or wrong based on what everybody else is doing.

Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.