Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.

There is nothing more foreign, more alien, to our nature than holiness.

Faith is the means by which the righteousness of Christ is given to us.

It's because Jesus spoke so frequently about hell that the church should take the concept seriously.

If you don’t delight in the fact that your Father is holy, holy, holy, then you are spiritually dead. You may be in a church. You may go to a Christian school. But if there is no delight in your soul for the holiness of God, you don’t know God. You don’t love God. You’re out of touch with God. You’re asleep to his character.

The power of the gospel is the word of God . . . nobody needs a gospel if there’s no judgment, or law, if God is not a God of judgment. If there is no such thing as hell, what good is the gospel?

We've replaced the proclamation of Christ with an easy-listening legalism of do more and try harder.