"Drinking has become one of the most serious social problems. It is basically the result of an attempt to escape from the responsibilities and realities of life."

"Our creativity, our inner sense of right and wrong, our ability to love and to reason-all bear witness to the fact that God created us in His image. The Bible says God “has not left himself without testimony” [Acts 14:17 NIV]."

"Jesus, by example, tells us that every true leader should be a helper, a servant, or even a bondslave. This is a command, not a suggestion, and applies with special force to leaders."

"Forgiveness is one of the most beautiful words in the human vocabulary. How much pain and unhappy consequences could be avoided if we all learned the meaning of this word!"

"The pagan world is still trying to put its stamp of conformity on every follower of Jesus Christ. Every possible pressure is being brought to bear upon Christiansto make them conform to the standards of the present world . . .be a committed follower of Jesus Christ."

"One of the great joys of my life has been to travel around the world and meet thousands of Christians in every country."

"Jesus didn't leave a material inheritance to His disciples. All He had when He died was a robe. But Jesus willed His followers something more valuable than gold. He willed us His peace. He said: “My peace I give to you, not as the world gives” [John 14:27 KJV]."

"God didn't make Adam and Eve because He was lonely or because He needed someone to love Him in return. God is complete in Himself, He lacks nothing. God's love compelled Him to create [humanity]. His love was expressed in the creation of the human race."

"Some people spend so much time worrying about what might happen that they never enjoy what is happening [now] . . . Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."

"When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong."

"Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism."

"The Bible is a guidebook, leading men [and women] to God in a personal faith. Like a map or guidebook, it will show you the way, but you must take it one step at a time."

"We now have the advantage of a few years more of life, but death is still standing at the end of the road."

"We are only stewards of the world's resources. They are not ours; they are God's. When we find our security in Him, we can then give generously from what He has entrusted to us. This is our Christian duty."

"We are told in Scripture that there will be signs pointing toward the return of the Lord.I believe that we see those signs in the world today. I believe that the coming of the Lord is near."

"Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus purchased our redemptionand provided a righteousness which we could not ourselves earn."

"If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life."

"America and Western Europe are on a moneymaking, pleasure-mad spree unparalleled in the history of the world. God is generally ignored or ridiculed. Church members in many cases are only halfhearted Christians. Judgment is coming."

"Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it?"

"Only because Jesus is God and we have confessed Him as Savior and Lord, can He bestow and we receive these benefits, this blessed assurance and hope (see Romans 10:9)."

"We insult God by speaking to Him with our lips while our hearts are far from Him."

"The men upon whose shoulders rested the initial responsibility of Christianizing the world came to Jesus with one supreme request. They did not say, “Lord, teach us to preach”; “Lord, teach us to do miracles”; or “Lord, teach us to be wise” . . . but they said, “Lord, teach us to pray."

"Every law that God has given has been for man's benefit. If man breaks it, he is not only rebelling against God; he is hurting himself."

"The devil will tremble when you pray."

"We live in an upside-down world. People hate when they should love, quarrel when they should be friendly, fight when they should be peaceful, wound when they should heal, steal when they should share,do wrong when they should do right."

"Be willing to be sneered at than to be approved, counting the cross of Christ greater riches than all the treasures of Washington, London, Paris, or Moscow."

"Only those who want everything done for them are bored."

"If there is something we need more than anything else during grief, it is a friend who stands with us, who doesn't leave us. Jesus is that friend."

"Our prayers must be in accordance with [God's] will. He knows better what is good for us than we know ourselves."

"Our soul is that part of our being which possesses intelligence, conscience, and memory-the real personality. Your body will die, but your soul lives on. And that soul has a “sixth sense”-the ability to believe, to have faith."

"In order to get to heaven, Jesus said that you must be converted. I didn't say it-Jesus said it!"

"Our minds must be set always to seek the will of the Lord. Following the progressive discipline revealed through the Bible will result in a walk of obedience to God."

"In the morning, prayer is the key that opens to usthe treasures of God's mercies and blessings; in the evening, it is the key that shuts us up under His protection and safeguard."

"I like the bumper sticker that reads, “Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven.” But that does not give us license to live below God's standard."

"Only one answer will give a person the certain privilege, the joy, of entering heaven. “Because I have believed in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as my Savior."

"Drinking and other forms of body-wrecking pleasures are signs of weakness rather than manliness. It takes a better man to live a clean life-free from the stimulants, depressants, and drugs-than to be artificially [stimulated]."

"There is a right way and a wrong way to make contact with God."

"The greatest testimony to this dark world today would be a band of crucified and risen men and women, dead to sin and alive unto God, bearing in their bodies “the marks of the Lord Jesus” [Galatians 6:17 NKJV]."

"[The] inability to comprehend fully the mysteries of God does not in any way curtail the Christian faith. On the contrary, it enhances our belief. We do not understand the intricate pattern of the stars in their courses, but we know that He who created them does, and that just as surely as He guides them, He is charting a safe course for us."

"As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God."

"The nation's image has become more like a chameleon-accepting whatever trend marketers concoct. Gone are the days of reverencing a holy God in the church or within ourselves. Yet the Bible tells us, “Happy is the man who is always reverent” (Proverbs 28:14 NKJV)."

"God never leads us to do anything that is contrary to the Bible."

"It is not the temptations you have, but the decision you make about them that counts."

"You can't change the past. But with God's help you can change the future. No matter what your life has been like so far, God wants to put your feet on a new path . . . a better path . . . His path."

"As Christians we have a responsibility toward the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, and the many innocent people around the world who are caught in wars, natural disasters, and situations beyond their control."

"Here is the judgment toward which every person outside [of] Christ is headed. The date has already been set by God. All men of all races and nationalities, both past and present, will be there. You may make and break appointments in this life-but this is one appointment you will keep."

"The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn't make it right!"

"The Bible lists in Hebrews 11 the heroes of the faith . . .who were tortured, imprisoned, stoned, torn apart, and killed by the sword. They didn't wear designer jeans but went about in animal skins, destitute and tormented."

"Think of working forever at something you love to do, for [the] one you love with all your heart, and never getting tired! We will never know weariness in heaven."

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."