"While we're looking up to see the rainbow-God's promises-we're ignoring floodwaters rising. While we're looking down to see how close we can get to the edge of the world without being trapped by Satan, we're taking our eyes off of Christ."

"As humans we have two great spiritual needs. The first is forgiveness, which God has made possible by sending His Son into the world to die for our sins. Our second need, however, is for goodness, which God also made possible by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell within us."

"You cannot afford to be too busy to pray."

"Why did Jesus Christ leave heaven's gloryand enter this sin-infested world? For one reason: to make our eternal salvation possible."

"What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is calledthe Christ?” (Matthew 27:22 NIV). This is the most important question that has ever been asked. It is also the question you must ask yourself."

"We make a mockery of God's forgiveness when we deliberately engage in sin because we think He will forgive it later."

"All around you are people who need Christ: your family, your neighbors, people you work with or go to school with every day. Are you praying for them, asking God to open the door of their hearts to His truth?"

"It is a source of encouragement that many homosexuals report being transformed through the power of the Gospel."

"The whole world ought to know the story of the Bible."

"Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength."

"The most important events in human history were the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ."

"Life is a glorious opportunity if it is used to condition us for eternity."

"[Angels] guide, comfort, and provide for the people of God in the midst of suffering and persecution."

"Do you really want happiness? Then you will have to pay the price of humbling yourself at the foot of the cross and receiving Christ as Savior."

"If you are a true Christian . . .you will reveal through your daily life the fruit of the Spirit . . .and all the other Christian virtues which round out a Christlike personality."

"We are to renounce the evil influence of the world, the flesh, and the devil. There can be no parleying, bargaining, compromise, or hesitation. Christ demands total loyalty."

"The Christian is not to be disturbed by thechaos, violence, strife, bloodshed, and threat of war that fill the pages of our daily newspapers. We know that these things are the consequences of man's sin and greed. Every day as I read my newspaper I say: "The Bible is true.""

"God is more interested in your future and your relationships than you are."

"Neither the devil nor the world, nor even our own evil heart can compel us to sin. It must be by our own consent and will."

"Nowhere in Mark 16:15-“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” [KJV] - nor in any similar Scripture did Christ command us to go only into the Western or capitalist world. Nowhere did He say to exclude the Communist world."

"God's Word is not a book of human ideas . . . it is given to us by [God] to teach us how to live."

"The central theme of the universe is the purpose and destiny of every individual. Every person is important in God's eyes."

"Oh God, if You want me to preach, I will do it."

"Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy."

"Psalms teaches us how to relate to God, and Proverbs teaches us how to relate to others."

"Flesh is the Bible's word for unperfected human nature. Leaving off the “h” and spelling it in reverse, we have the word self. Flesh is the self-life: it is what we are when we are left to our own devices."

"When I have a problem of deciding right from wrong, I always give it three tests.First, I give it the common-sense test, and ask if it is reasonable. Then, I give it the prayer test. I ask God if it is good and edifying. Then, I give it the Scripture test. I see if the Bible has anything to say for or against it."

"Our culture puts feelings first, but true love isn't based on feelings. That is why there are so many divorces today. When the early romantic feelings in a marriage do not remain constant . . .many people believe divorce is the answer."

"Some of the most radiant Christians I have ever met were “wheelchair” saints. May God give you grace to “triumph in affliction."

"We have become a nation of biblical illiterates."

"Don't argue with [a professor], but test everything he says in the light of God's Word."

"Our worldly wisdom has made us calloused and hard. Our natural wisdom, as the Scriptures teach, comes not from God, but is earthly, sensual, and devilish."

"Happy is the person who has learned the secret of being content with whatever life brings him, and has learned to rejoice in thesimple and beautiful things around him."

"The broken home has become the number one social problem of America, and could ultimately lead to the destruction of our civilization . . . it does not make screaming headlines; but, like termites, it is eating away at the heart and core of the American structure."

"I am afraid the church is trying to speak out on too many issues that really do not concern the church. There are certain issues we know to be wrong-racial injustice, crime, gambling, dishonesty, pornography. On these matters we must thunder forth as the prophets of God."

"Marriage is a holy bond because it permits two people to help each other work out their spiritual destinies. God declared marriage to be good."

"My visit to Auschwitz will certainly be one of the most unforgettable events of my life. It is a blot on the whole human race. It was the invention of minds so depraved and demonic that they defy any rational explanation. It reminds us of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity."

"When we are filled with the Spirit of God, obeying God, in His will and quoting Scripture, Satan will be defeated."

"Before asking God's forgiveness there is something important you must do. You must repent, that is, turn from the behavior and lifestyle that [leads to sin]."

"Have we just been placed here by some unknown creator or force without any clue as to where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going? The answer is “no.” We do have a code. We do have a key . . . the Bible."

"God did not ordain that the church should drift aimlessly in the seas of uncertainty without compass, captain, or crew."

"God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to decide which plan you are going to fit into."

"I preach a Gospel not of despair but of hope for the individual, hope for society, and hope for the world."

"If you don't take your stand for Christ, you will be on the wrong side, and someday when it is too late, you'll cry out, “I've taken the wrong stand!” You'll be in the devil's trap! You can't lick the devil."

"Only God can thwart the plans of Satan and his legions."

"[Our] minds are molded in many different ways- often in ways we are not aware of at the time. I am convinced that many things-the films we watch, the television we see, the music we listen to, the books we read-have a great effect on us."

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with."

"We have at our fingertips every pleasure that man is capable of enjoying, and man has abused every gift God ever gave him."

"With an old head and a young heart, you can be a source of real strength [to others] who need your cheer and encouragement."

"In a decadent society the will to believe, to resist, to contend, to fight, to struggle is gone. In place of this will to resist, there is the desire to conform, to drift, to follow, to yield, and not give up."