John Quotes
There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian.
Adjust your doctrine - or just minimize doctrine - to attract the world, and in the very process of attracting them, lose the radical truth that alone can set them free.
This is God's universal purpose for all Christian suffering: more contentment in God and less satisfaction in the world.
The great danger of riches is that our affections will be carried away from God to His gifts.
Bad theology dishonors God and hurts people. Churches that sever the root of truth may flourish for a season, but they will wither eventually or turn into something besides a Christian church.
Be glad in the Lord and receive willingly from His Hand all that he designs for my holiness - both painful and pleasant.
Humble us, O God, under your mighty hand, and let us rise, not as professionals, but as witnesses and partakers of the sufferings of Christ.
We will not let you choose between being a lover of God and his sovereignty and being a lover of lost people.
God created us with sexual passion so that there would be language to describe what it means to cleave to him in love and what it means to turn away from him to others.
God is not worn out running the galaxy. He’s not taxed at all guiding every dust particle all the time.
The further you go in the revealed thoughts of God, the clearer you see that God's aim in creating the world was to display the value of his own glory.
God loves to show mercy . . . His anger must be released by a stiff safety lock, but His mercy has a hair trigger.
My joy grows with every soul that seeks the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Remember, you have one life. That’s all. You were made for God. Don’t waste it.
Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels.
One day America and all its presidents will be a footnote in history, but the kingdom of Jesus will never end.
The rich fruit of spontaneity grows in the garden that is well tended by the discipline of schedule.
When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!
Little hearts, little souls give little lusts big power. Big hearts give little lusts little power.
One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work.
Our lives become trivial. And our capacity for magnificent causes and great worship dies.
If we love God's fame and are committed to magnifying His name above all things, we cannot be indifferent to world missions.
I do not appeal to you to screw up your courage and sacrifice for Christ. I appeal to you to renounce all you have to obtain life that satisfies your deepest longings.
Paradise will not be a hall of mirrors, it will be a display of majesty, and it won't be ours
Marriage is not mainly about prospering economically. It is mainly about displaying the covenant keeping love between Christ and his Church
I do prime time network shows like 'Blue Bloods.' I've done 'Fringe,' I've done 'The Good Wife,' done a lot of 'The Mentalist.'
All my best friends are women except for one or two. I feel women are superior to men, and I love having them around. All that female energy is good for me.
There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer Aspirin; take God three times a day and you won't feel any pain.