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.

All that God had to do to harden Pharaoh's heart, or to harden your heart, is to withhold His own grace.

True faith always produces real conformity to Christ.

Worship is not simply a feeling that is experienced; it must also involve understanding and the mind.

The more faithful preachers are to the Word of God in their preaching, the more liable they are to the charge of hypocrisy. Why? Because the more faithful people are to the Word of God the higher the message is that they will preach. The higher the message, the further they will be from obeying themselves.

God is the foundation of all authority, He exercises that foundation because He is the author and the owner of His creation. He is the foundation upon which all other authority stands or falls.

What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself