"Researchers have found that peer pressure exerted within a clique has caused every one of its members to experiment with drugs, to engage in murderous gang fights, to steal autos, and to violate the seventh commandment."

"Our chaotic, confused world has no greater need than to hear the message of good news-the Gospel of Jesus Christ."

"[Christ's] goodness is still a rebuke to our badness; His purity still shows up our impurities; His sinlessness still reveals our sinfulness; and unless we allow [Jesus] to destroy the evil within us, the evil within us still wants to destroy Him. This is the conflict of the ages."

"Those who have actually experienced daily fellowship with Christ know that it surpasses all worldly activities."

"Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society."

"The Bible clearly teaches that when we turn our backs on God and choose to disregard His moral laws there are inevitable consequences. Furthermore it is not God who is to blame for the consequences, but the person who has broken His law."

"Much of the world in search of knowledge and fulfillment ignores God!"

"Jesus tells us not to be misled by the voices of strangers. There are so many strange voices being heard in the religious world of our day. We must compare what they say with the Word of God."

"The Bible has much to say about the brevity of life and the necessity of preparing for eternity. I am convinced that only when a man is prepared to die is he also prepared to live."

"A loving God ordained monogamous marriage and the sanctity of what we call the traditional family."

"The devil is alive and kicking. But if you are in Christ and follow the rules of daily Bible study, prayer, and witnessing, he has no power over you."

"To many people, the mention of the blood of Christ is distasteful. However, on [a] visit to Mayo Clinic I noticed that at each reception desk there were pamphlets entitled A Gift of Life, urging people to donate blood.Anyone who has gone through surgery and looked up to seethe bag of blood dripping slowly into his veins,realizes with gratitude the life-giving property of blood.5"

"Don't be a half-Christian. There are too many of such in the world. The world has a profound respect for people who are sincere in their faith."

"Christianity has become so respectable and so conventional that it is now insipid. The salt has lost its flavor."

"The world doesn't give peace, for it doesn't have any peace to give. It fights for peace, it negotiates for peace, it maneuvers for peace, but there is no ultimate peace in the world. But Jesus gives peace to those who put their trust in Him."

"To suffer for the faith is not a penalty, it is a privilege."

"[Jesus] asked [His followers] to count the cost carefully, lest they should turn back when they met with suffering and privation. He told His followers that the world would hate them."

"In my years of global travels, I have seen a world in pain . . . Without God's guidance, our response to suffering is a futile attempt to find solutions to conditions that cannot be solved."

"Living the Christian life means striving for holiness."

"I have never been to the North Pole, and yet I believe there is a North Pole. How do I know? I know because somebody told me. I read about it in a history book, I saw a map in a geography book, and I believe the men who wrote those books. I accept it by faith. The Bible says, “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” [Romans 10:17 KJV]."

"Calloused hands were the badge of the pioneer, while furrowed brows are the insignia of modern man."

"Suppose there was no anger, no profanity, no lying, no grumbling or complaining; suppose there were no dirty stories told, no unjust criticism-what a different world this would be!"

"[God] has in mind a picture of what He intends to create. He breaks, cracks, chisels, and polishes until one day there emerges His vision . . . God has not yet finished with us."

"Sin was conquered on the cross. [Christ's] death is the foundation of our hope, the promise of our triumph!"

"In Christ the middle wall of partition has been broken down. There is no Jew, no Gentile-no black, white, yellow, or red. We could be one great brotherhood in Jesus Christ. However, until we come to recognize Him as the Prince of Peace and receive His love in our hearts, the racial tensions will increase, racial demands will become more militant, and a great deal of blood will be shed. The race problem could become another flame out of control!"

"Compromising and conforming to the world'sstandard is against God's Word."

"Sin lies at the heart of chaotic world conditions as we now know them and as they have existed through the centuries."

"True repentance is a turning from sin . . . Humanly speaking, it is our small part in the plan of salvation. Our part is repenting. God will do the converting, the transforming, and the forgiving."

"Sickness is deep within the soul of our society-and that has always been God's exclusive territory."

"I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord."

"Gardens don't grow by themselves, they need to be tended and cultivated and weeded. The same is true of a marriage."

"I have read the last page of the Bible. It isall going to turn out all right."

"Far too many young people coming of age today have no spiritual or emotional roots. They have been deprived of values by an agnostic and contemporary culture."

"Satan's first appearance in the Bible included an attack on a marriage-trying to divide Adam and Eve. His tactics have not changed. He wants our marriages to flounder and fail, because he knows that few things will discourage us more."

"It is not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray."

"Don't let failure or disappointment cut you off from God or make you think the future is hopeless. When God closes one door, He often opens another-if we seek it."

"Only God Himself fully appreciates the influence of a Christian mother in the molding of character in her children."

"To be a disciple of Jesus means to learn from Him, to follow Him. The cost may be high."

"Death is not the end of the road-it is merely a gateway to eternal life beyond the grave."

"When everyone does what is right in his own eyes, there is no possibility of order and peace."

"God wants to use you right where you are. Every day you probably come in contact with people who will never enter a church, or talk with a pastor, or open a Bible- and God wants to use you to point them to Christ. You may be the “bridge” God would use to bring them to Himself."

"Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life."

"Our emotions can lie to us, and we need to counter our emotions with truth."

"Pleasure depends on circumstances, but Christian joy is completely independent of health, money, or surroundings."

"How marvelous it was to stand in a place like the Soviet Union and talk about the coming kingdom and to tell them that Communism will not win. I told them capitalism would not win either, it's the kingdom of God that is going to win."

"[Jesus] prayed briefly when He was in a crowd; He prayed a little longer when He was with His disciples; and He prayed all night when He was alone. Today, many in the ministry tend to reverse that process."

"The promoters of change offer a grand vision of world unity. While the globalists and international affairs specialists continue their chant for “peace, peace,” we are reminded that the Bible says that there can be no lasting peace until Christ returns. So the world remains restless and uncertain."

"The first and second commandments are the only therapy the world has ever needed. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind . . . Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself” [Matthew 22:37, 39 KJV]."

"Heaven is real and hell is real, and eternity is but a breath away."

"Our faith can stand up to any question, but sometimes people ask questions-and keep asking questions-just to avoid facing their own spiritual needs and acknowledging who Jesus really is."