"The prophets who spoke to their generations for God did not please and conform, they irritated and opposed."

"With the breakdown of discipline in the home and with every source of amusement and instruction pouring poison into daily life, it is not to be wondered that the minds of people are ready to receive anything but the truth and that they are ready to believe lies and ultimately the lie."

"It has been said there was a cross in the heart of God long before the cross was erected at Calvary. As we think about it we will be overwhelmed at the wonder and greatness of His love for us."

"[Today] there is less emphasis on redemption by the blood of Christ."

"We face a dark time in the history of God's people . . . the forces of evil seem to be gathering for a colossal assault on the work of God in the world. In the darkest hour God can still revive His people, and by the Holy Spirit breathe new vigor and power into the body of Christ."

"The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution-for it is Christ's body on earth."

"Moral living sometimes demands difficult choices. It requires selflessness."

"If we read the Bible as carefully and as regularly as we read the daily papers, we would be as familiar with and as well informed about God as we are about our favorite player's batting average during baseball season!"

"The church is in turmoil today. The church is not to reflect the world but to be a portrait of Jesus Christ."

"Satan has slaughtered, plundered, and bludgeoned his way through the centuries, manifesting himself in every false ideology, sect, and cult."

"Religion can be anything! But true Christianity is God coming to man in a personal relationship."

"I believe that one of the reasons for crime, perversion, and the evils of modern mankind is that we have lost belief in the certainty of God being just, holy, and righteous, and that He will judge the world."

"We spend enormous amounts of time and money on fad diets, expensive exercise machines, and health clubs. For many people, these things only demonstrate their preoccupation with the physical side of life . . . but even more important is taking care of our souls."

"We are never to do anything of which we are not perfectly clear and certain. If you have a doubt about that particular thing that is bothering you, as to whether it is worldly or not, the best policy is “don't do it."

"Liquor is not necessary either for health or for so-called gracious living . . .It is the cause of untold sorrow, suffering, and material loss, not to mention the spiritual implications of drinking."

"From the ghetto to the mansion, from community leader to prisoner on death row, man wonders if there is a God. And if there is, what is He like? Whatever period of history we study, whatever culture we examine, if we look back in time we see all peoples, primitive or modern, acknowledging some kind of deity. Some people give up the pursuit of God in frustration, calling themselves “atheists” or “agnostics,” professing to be irreligious."

"The apostle Paul said, “Be not conformed to this world.” These words cut like a sharp sword across our way of life. They have the tone of the battle call in them. They separate the weak from the strong. But they are words of inspiration, and we need to hear them today."

"God's purpose for us is that we ought to beconformed to the image of His Son. The world may exert its pressure to deform us, but we are told to “be transformed” [Romans 12:2 NIV]."

"The Oklahoma City bombing was simple technology, horribly used. The problem is not technology. The problem is the person or persons using it."

"There is no point of space, whether inside or outside the bounds of creation, where God is not present. That is why when we ask the question, "Who's in control?" We can answer without equivocation, "God is!""

"The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, "Upon this rock I will build my church". Matthew 16:18. He is the foundation of all Christian experience."

"I'm afraid most Bibles remain unopened and unread. Don't let this be true of yours!"

"The Bible teaches that there will be a famine of the Word of God in the last days . . . spiritual starvation leads to spiritual death."

"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

"Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don't you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God."

"Christians should seek after holiness-without which no man shall see the Lord. Let us seek ardently the kind of life that reflects the beauty of Jesus and marks us as being what saints ought to be!"

"A century ago man's chief concern was his spiritual life, today his chief concern is with his physical and temporal affairs."

"Every day has exactly 1,440 minutes; can't you find even ten of them to be with your heavenly Father? Doesn't God deserve the best minutes of your day?"

"The light of God's presence in our lives is a purifying flame that will draw us near to Him."

"A Christian's citizenship may be in heaven, but he has obligations as a citizen of earth. Both living with Christ and going to be with Him in death are greatly to be desired."

"An unbelieving world may say otherwise, but so-called “sexual liberation” is actually sexual slavery-slavery to our own lusts."

"Those who believe [in Christ] are expected to be different from the world . . . they are members of a new society."

"Someone has said that death is not a period, but a comma in the story of life."

"When the Christian or the church becomes popular with the unbelieving world, something is seriously wrong. Because Christ runs counter to evil and because we are Christ-owned, we must also stand against evil."

"I am convinced that when a man sincerely searches for God with all his heart, God will reveal Himself in some way."

"How do we counter the trend of worldliness? We must saturate our minds, hearts, and souls with God's Word. The Bible says, “Train yourself to be godly” (1 Timothy 4:7)."

"When we do good-even when others are doing wrong-God will bless us."

"[There are] seven gifts God gives you when you commit your life to Christ: a new relationship, a new citizenship, a new family, a new purpose, a new power, a new destiny, and a new journey."

"There is no room for God's Word in our culture, where our children are without reverence for God or faith in the Bible. There is no room for our Lord's creed of purity and self-denial when the media sends forth a constant barrage of profanity and indecency and materialism."

"A suffering person does not need a lecture-he needs a listener."

"Our world needs to be touched by Christians who are Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, and Spirit-empowered."

"Unless the soul is fed and exercised daily, it becomes weak and shriveled. It remains discontented, confused, restless."

"Drunkenness. This Greek word means overindulgence in alcohol. Alcohol may be used for medicine, but it can also become a terrible drug. The way it is used in our world is probably one of the great evils of our day. It is a self-inflicted impediment that springs from “a man taking a drink, a drink taking a drink, and drink taking the man.”Distilled liquors as we have them today were unknown in Bible times.12"

"God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, "I love you.""

"The Word does not change. The Dead Sea scrolls, archeology, modern science-they do not change the Bible; they confirm it."

"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

"We all have a terminal disease far worse than cancer that will kill us morally and spiritually.It's called sin."

"Conscience is the detective that watches the direction of our steps and decries every conscious transgression."

"Sometimes life touches one person with a bouquet and another with a thorn bush, But the first may find a wasp in the flowers, and the second may discover roses among the thorns."

"Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security."