We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about.
To focus our mind on the task at hand – with fierce concentration – makes for a productive use of time.
What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself.
We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.
The fundamental deception of Satan is the lie that obedience can never bring happiness.
The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.
If there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose, totally free of God’s sovereignty, then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.
Scratching people where they itch and addressing their ‘felt needs’ is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the recipe for success for the false prophets of the Old Testament.
Christ is still in Christmas, and for one brief season the secular world broadcasts the message of Christ over every radio station and television channel in the land. Never does the church get as much free air time as during the Christmas season.
I’ve often wondered where Jesus would apply His hastily made whip if He were to visit our culture. My guess is that it would not be money-changing tables in the temple that would feel His wrath, but the display racks in Christian bookstores.
The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.
When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, ‘You should start with The Holiness of God.’
If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don’t believe in God.
If there ever was a time when absolutely nothing existed, all there could possibly be now is nothing.
People only have true understanding when they look at everything from God’s perspective. Authentic wisdom begins when we understand that God is to be the object of our devotion, our adoration, and our reverence.
To be spiritually dead is to be diabolically alive.
We experience the grace of an infinite God, but grace is not infinite.
What better evidence could there be of a man’s salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?
When one encounters truth, one encounters the God whose truth it is.
God’s grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.