Because He freely owned my guilt I may freely own my sin. Guilty as charged, and yet, not guilty at all.

Every idol, if you scratch it, is a mirror. We worship ourselves.

Thinking that education is something different from discipling our children is a sure sign that we have been 'educated' by the state. Education is discipleship.

He didn't love me because I'm valuable. Because He loved me, I became valuable.

To acknowledge that I am yet a sinner is not to deny that I am a saint but to acknowledge how I became one, by grace.

We do not homeschool to avoid wicked people. We homeschool so we wicked people can talk all day about the one Man who wasn’t wicked.

In abortion they are trying to destroy the last bastion of the image of God.

The true gospelstands before the throne of God declaring, 'Jesus did it all.'

The One who knows the fullness of my sin loves me as my Father right now.

God's pleasure with me is grounded in the accomplishment of Christ, not my own accomplishment.

In fact, the Devil is delighted when we spend our time and energy defending the Bible, as long as we do not get around to actually reading the Bible.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent

Does it afflict you to find your books wearing out? I mean literally .. . the mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me but that of books most of all.

Art is only art if it is synonymous with living

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Just as women's bodies are softer than men's, so their understanding is sharper.

Sailing became one of the mainstreams of my life. I suppose my father was an influence. I remember seeing a photo of him at home sailing a big boat to Bermuda in his 20s. I still have it.

Sleep and Death, who are twin brothers.

You'd think I walk around with my eyes shut, banging off the walls.

Location: Amsterdam, Where Fire Is Called "Vlam

Jews and papists are ungodly wretches; they are two stockings made of one piece of cloth.