If Christ could make a complaint, it would be, "My bride never talks to me".

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

The one place where the Christian can be naked without fear is in the presence of Christ.

Though sin often brings immediate pleasure, it gives no lasting joy.

God is not going to negotiate His holiness... in order to accommodate us.

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.

The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.