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" Whenever the strength of God is not recognized as the source of our strength, we are breaking the First Commandment: Do not have any gods before me. "

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" The Christian - the biblical - concept of mercy toward wrongdoers only exists in relation to justice. Showing mercy, in relation to wrongdoing, means treating someone better than they deserve. "

" Early on, you talk about God because you consider Him to be most important. But later, you realize there are means by which God is known and portrayed. "

" We are all responsible to Jesus first, and then, under him, to various other persons and offices. Discerning the path of love and obedience when two or more of these submissive relationships collide is a call to humble, Bible-saturated, spiritual wisdom. "

" Sin carries in it its own misery. "

" The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness. "

" I can be poor, I can lose a job, I can have a hospital bill that I don't know how to pay, for I can do all these things through Him who strengthens me. "

" One way to appreciate C.S. Lewis is to see how his Christian humility shaped his life and work. "

" The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says without examining it. "

" It's amazing how many introverts go into the ministry. It's amazing how many people go into the ministry who don't really like to be with people. "

" I want to learn from everybody. "

" Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with same-sex attraction glorify Christ through sexual abstinence and through the enrichment of significant Christ-exalting relationships in other ways. "

" I owe my life and hope to the gospel. Without it I would still be strutting with racist pride, or I would be suffering the moral paralysis of 'white guilt.' But the gospel has an answer to both pride and guilt. "

" Neither Muslims nor anyone else truly worships the true God if they reject Jesus as he really is in the Gospels. "

" The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is why absorbing the culture all around us and its priorities is so dangerous. "

" God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die. "

" The giving of the Quran is in Islam what the incarnation of Christ is to Christianity. If this is so, then Quran-burning is parallel to Christ-crucifying. "

" Do all things without grumbling. Why? You have a sovereign God who is on your side, who works everything together for your good. "

" Darkness comes. In the middle of it, the future looks blank. The temptation to quit is huge. Don't. You are in good company... You will argue with yourself that there is no way forward. But with God, nothing is impossible. He has more ropes and ladders and tunnels out of pits than you can conceive. Wait. Pray without ceasing. Hope. "

" Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together. "

" You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally. "

" The essence of faith is being satisfied with all that God is for us in Jesus. "

" God revealed himself through the Law, which pointed to Christ as its end and goal, commanded the obedience that comes from faith, increased transgressions, and shut the mouths of all humans because no one has performed the righteousness of the Law so as not to need a substitute. "

" God has ordained that Satan have a long leash with God holding on to the leash because he knows that when we walk in and out of those temptations, struggling with both the physical effects that they bring and the moral effects that they bring, more of God's glory will shine. "

" Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. "

" There are two basic restrictions on marriage in the Bible: Number one, she should marry a man. Number two, he should be a Christian. "

" The saving love of God is his doing whatever must be done, at great cost to himself, and for the least deserving, so that he might enthrall them with what will make them supremely happy forever, namely, himself. "

" Not all single women want to be married. Not all boys like football. Not all homemakers like to cook. Not all messy people are lazy. And not all the obese are gluttons. There are glands and diabetes and a dozen conditions you never heard of that may account for things. Put your sermon through the counter-stereotype sieve. "

" Life is in God's hand. "

" I've always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don't know. I love them both. "

" The Bible does not oppose or forbid interracial marriages but sees them as a positive good for the glory of Christ. "