Remember that according to the Bible, the heart is not primarily the emotions but rather the seat of our fundamental commitments and trusts, and therefore it is the control center of the whole life. So to preach to the heart means to go right for the commanding commitments of people's lives that drive their desires, thinking, feeling, and action.

While the difference between a bad sermon and a good sermon is mainly the responsibility of the preacher, the difference between good preaching and great preaching lies mainly in the work of the Holy Spirit. . . . We should do the work it takes to make our communication good and leave it up to God how and how often he makes it great for the listener.

Truth without love is imperious self-righteousn ess. Love without truth is cowardly self-indulgence .

The resurrection of the body means that we do not merely receive a consolation for the life we have lost but a restoration of it. We not only get the bodies and lives we had but the bodies and lives we wished for but had never before received.

The church should be a place where people can be free to say that they are sinners.

The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.

You should not begin to pray for all you want until you realize that in God you have all you need.