Those who are most conscious of forgiveness are invariably those who have been most acutely convicted of their sin.

There is a difference between going to a service "for the worship" and going to a service "to worship the Lord." The distinction appears to be a minor one, but it may imply the difference between the worship of God and the worship of music!

There are actually only ever two pastoral problems you will ever encounter. The first is this: persuading those who are under the dominion of sin that they are under the dominion of sin. That's the task of evangelism. And [second], persuading those who are no longer under the dominion of sin that they are no longer under the dominion of sin because they're Christ's.

Don't tell me that you have a Reformed Church in the tradition of Calvin until you have the preaching of the Word every day of the week, devote Wednesday's to prayer and have the church gather together for prayer.

God does something to us as well as for us through the cross. He persuades us that He loves us.

Love is not maximum emotion. Love is maximum commitment.

There is nothing more important to learn about Christian growth than this: Growing in grace means becoming like Christ.