God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.
Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.
It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.
The good news is the gospel of God, about Christ, according to Scripture, for the nations, unto the obedience of faith, and for the sake of the Name.
We have the means of evangelizing our country, but they are slumbering in the pews of our churches.
We do not need to wait for the Holy Spirit to come: he came on the day of Pentecost. He has never left the church.
A gift is acceptable according to what the giver has, not according to what he has not.
If we truly worship God, acknowledging and adoring his infinite worth, we find ourselves impelled to make him known to others, in order that they may worship him too. Thus worship leads to witness, and witness in its turn to worship, in a perpetual circle.
When the Christian loses himself, he finds himself, he discovers his true identity.
Faith is a reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.
Mission arises from the heart of God Himself and is communicated from His heart to ours. Mission is the global outreach of the global people of a global God.
We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.
There is no Christianity without the cross. If the cross is not central to our religion, ours is not the religion of Jesus.
I believe that to preach or to expound the scripture is to open up the inspired text with such faithfulness and sensitivity that God’s voice is heard and His people obey Him.
Good works are indispensable to salvation – not as its ground or means, however, but as its consequence and evidence.
When Jesus is truly our Lord, He directs our lives and we gladly obey Him. Indeed, we bring every part of our lives under His lordship – our home and family, our sexuality and marriage, our job or unemployment, our money and possessions, our ambitions and recreations.
The church is under orders. Evangelistic inactivity is disobedience.
Although we have responsibilities to others, we are primarily accountable to God. It is before him that we stand, and to him that one day we must give an account. We should not therefore rate human opinion too highly...
The reason I am a Christian is not that it is nice, but that it is true.
Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.