The only reason why I'm a Christian is because I'm a gift of the Father to the Son, not because of anything I've ever done.

Loving a holy God is beyond our moral power. The only kind of God we can love by our sinful nature is an unholy god, an idol made by our own hands. Unless we are born of the Spirit of God, unless God sheds His holy love in our hearts, unless He stoops in His grace to change our hearts, we will not love Him... To love a holy God requires grace, grace strong enough to pierce our hardened hearts and awaken our moribund souls.

We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.

God did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.

Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!

But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.