The church is not a museum for pristine saints, but a hospital ward for broken sinners.

Both men and women today see marriage not as a way of creating character and community but as a way to reach personal life goals. They are looking for a marriage partner who will 'fulfill their emotional, sexual, and spiritual desires.' And that creates an extreme idealism that in turn leads to a deep pessimism that you will ever find the right person to marry.

Unless you believe the gospel, everything you do will be driven by either pride or fear.

Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn’t mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.

The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His.

What you do in secret tells you who your God is.

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