I'm not getting to heaven on my integrity. I'm not getting to heaven on my goodness.

We get 80 years, maybe at the most 100. Trillions of years in eternity. This life is preparation for the next. This is the warm-up back, this is the dress rehearsal, this is the get ready, this is the first lap around the track before the real race begins because it is in eternity.

You cannot exalt God and yourself at the same time.

As a Christian, you can enjoy life because your conscience is clear. You can enjoy life because you are secure within God's love.

Your spiritual family is even more important than our physical family because it will last forever.

My hermeneutics is when I see verses in Scripture that are "apparent" contradictions - I don't believe they are contradictions - I believe them both. I believe them both. I believe take up your cross and deny yourself and follow me, and I believe come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest. They are different sides of the same thing.

The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.