The irony of New Testament lordship is that only in slavery to Christ can a man discover authentic freedom.
No one was ever called by God to greater suffering than God’s only begotten Son.
The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture.
The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.
The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.
The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not.
Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.
Change marriage and you change the world. Convince people that government, not God, lays down the rules for marriage, and they will believe more strongly that they determine right and wrong, that not even the world’s rulers are subject to a higher authority.
I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
If you care about the slaughter of the innocent, then for God’s sake, speak up.
Christ exposed Himself not only to the unbridled hostility of angry men, but, more significantly, to the unmitigated wrath of God.
The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.
The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.
The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ.
If God is not sovereign, God is not God.
Our natural inclination is to hide ourselves from God.
There are only two ways that God’s justice can be satisfied with respect to your sin. Either you satisfy it or Christ satisfies it. You can satisfy it by being banished from God’s presence forever. Or you can accept the satisfaction that Jesus Christ has made.
Why do those who keep insisting Jesus hung out with sinners also keep insisting there’s no such thing as sin?
If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.
God’s sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it.