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?

Man’s will is free to follow his inclinations, but fallen man’s inclinations are always and invariably away from God.

If God did not act first, no one would be saved.

Confession should be a daily activity for the Christian, whose entire pilgrimage is characterized by the spirit of repentance.

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

Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God more deeply and come to know the One with whom we are speaking more intimately, that growing knowledge of God reveals to us all the more brilliantly who we are and our need to change in conformity to Him. Prayer changes us profoundly.

The house that is built upon the sand will crumble at the first sign of a windstorm.