God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

What is to be gained if we are so intent in reaching out to the unchurched that we then unchurch the reached?

Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes.

What has to be forgiven is not just what we do but who we are, not just our sinning but our sinfulness, not just our choices but what we have chosen in place of God.

In our postmodern culture which is TV dominated, image sensitive, and morally vacuous, personality is everything and character is increasingly irrelevant.

Evangelicals now stand among those who are on easiest terms with the world, for they have lost their capacity for dissent.

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

I don't have any tricky plays. I'd rather have tricky players.

Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights.

The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.

Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.

I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.

If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?

In truth, there is no such thing as a "sinner" for no-one can be sinned against-least of all me.

The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.

Every phenomenon manifests itself of its own accord. This manifestation is always distinct from form, and is the essence of the immediate, the trace of the immediate.