"Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ."

"Where students talk about being independent and on their own, you will find them practicing the most rigid conformity in dress, in speech, in moral attitudes, and in thinking. Sometimes they follow fashion at the expense of integrity. They dread to be alone. They do not want to stand out or be different. They want to conform. After they graduate from college, many of these young people want nothing more than a good job with a big firm, and a home somewhere in suburbia. But they don't find security."

"We don't live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires."

"Students today want to know about the devil, about witchcraft, about the occult. Many people do not know they are turning to Satan. They are being deluded."

"It is strange that men will prepare for everything except death. We prepare for education. We prepare for business. We prepare for our careers. We prepare for marriage. We prepare for old age. We prepare for everything except the moment we are to die."

"As we cast our frightened eyes around for something that is real and true and enduring, we are turning once more to this ancient Book [the Bible] that has given consolation, comfort, and salvation to millions in the centuries past."

"Astrology can never give you the answers to life's deepest questions-especially where you will spend eternity. Commit your life to Christ. It will give you joyous confidence that your future is securely in His hands-tomorrow and forever."

"If we have no mercy toward others, that is one proof that we have never experienced God's mercy."

"While separation does not mean disengagement from the world, there are certain activities and places that God clearly wants us to avoid not only to protect ourselves from spiritual harm but so that the witness we have will not be tarnished."

"When you truly love someone, you want to please and honor them by the way you act. How you treat someone shows whether or not you really care about them."

"The Scripture warns about evil communications that corrupt good manners. Off-color jokes and dirty stories have no place in the Christian life. Thousands of people are engaging in immorality by the way they talk. Keep your talk pure. Ask God to purify your tongue."

"Escapism seems to be the order of the day . . .Escape with drugs or alcohol, and the bitterness of living will be blurred . . .We can't escape from God."

"God will never-never-lead you to do something that is contrary to His written Word, the Bible."

"We are the most informed people in the history of civilization-and yet the most confused. Though our heads are crammed with knowledge, our hearts are empty."

"Death is not a trip, but a destination."

"It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love."

"Are you willing to follow [Christ] with a disciplined mind and tongue?"

"Money takes our minds off God."

"Make the Bible part of your daily life, and ask God to engrave its truths on your soul."

"No one spoke more about hell than Jesus did, and the hell He came to save men from was not only a hell on earth . . .it was something to come."

"Jesus indicated that there will be a permissive society just before He comes back . . . the world today is on an immoral binge such as has not been known since the days of Rome. We are in a hedonistic society, and what we are seeing is human nature expressing itself without God."

"Worries flee before a spirit of gratitude."

"Those who read the Scriptures as magnificent literature, breath-taking poetry, or history and overlook the story of salvation miss the Bible's real meaning and message."

"Ask God to reveal hypocrisy in your life-an inconsistency between what you profess and what you practice. Then ask God to bring you so close to Christ that you won't have any desire to live an inconsistent, deceitful life."

"Christ never told his disciples that they would get an Academy Award for their performances, but He did tell them to expect to have troubles."

"The faithful Christian steward acknowledges that God owns all he has, and it is his responsibility to manage and dispose of his possessions in a way that is acceptable to the Lord."

"The world thinks peace would come if everyone made a lot of money, but people haven't found peace in possessions. They have thought the world would have peace if all arms were destroyed. Yet Cain killed Abel without a handgun. It is man's heart that is the problem."

"When we all reach the end of our earthly journey, we will have just begun."

"Success or failure cannot be measured by any human standard."

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, and so is our character."

"Agape love is selfless love . . . the love God wants us to have isn't just an emotion but a conscious act of the will-a deliberate decision on our part to put others ahead of ourselves. This is the kind of love God has for us."

"America has probably been the most successful experiment in history. The American Dream was a glorious attempt. It was built on a religious foundation. Its earliest concepts came from Holy Scripture."

"In John 6 we read that when great multitudes went after Him, He told them three times that unless they were willing to pay the price, they could not be His followers."

"When God forgives us and purifies us of our sin, He also forgets it. Forgiveness results in God dropping the charges against us."

"God is love” means that He tries constantlyto block your route to destruction."

"All transgressions begin with sinful thinking . . . guard against the pictures of lewdness and sensuality that Satan flashes upon the screen of your imagination, select with care the books you read, choose discerningly the kind of entertainment youattend, the kind of associates with whom you mingle, and the kind of environment in which you place yourself."

"The strain of Christian service can result in sickness . . . I have known Christian workers who have risked their lives and health in serving the Lord."

"We have some of the finest civil rights laws in the world, but they have not solved our racial problems. Why? Because we need a change of heart and attitude, Jesus said, “You must be born again” [John 3:7]."

"The very ones whose social pressure cause you to compromise will despise you for it. They probably respect your convictions,and many of them wish they had the moral stamina to stand alone.May the Lord give you added courage to be a witness for Him,even in a hard place."

"If I stick to the Bible and preach the principles and the teachings of the Bible, and quote the Bible, it has an impact of its own."

"Many people say they do not fear death, but the process of dying. It's not the destination, but the trip that they dread."

"The Bible stands as the supreme Constitution for all mankind, its laws applying equally to all who live under its domain, without exception or special interpretation."

"God says that we can learn a great deal about Him just by observing nature. Because He has spoken through His universe, all men are without excuse for not believing in Him. This is why the Psalmist said: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” [Psalm 14:1 KJV]."

"It is Satan's purpose to steal the seed of truth from your heart by sending distracting thoughts . . . The difference between a Christian and a non-Christian is: though they both may have good and evil thoughts, Christ gives His followers strength to select the right rather than the wrong."

"Our interests are centered in ourselves. We are preoccupied with material things. Our supreme god is technology; our goddess is sex. Most of us are more interested in getting to the moon than in getting to heaven, more concerned about conquering space than about conquering ourselves. We are more dedicated to material security than to inner purity. We give much more thought to what we wear, what we eat, what we drink, and what we can do to relax than we give to what we are. This preoccupation with peripheral things applies to every area of our lives."

"Fear can paralyze us and keep us from believing God and stepping out in faith. The devil loves a fearful Christian!"

"God can do more with a few days of your time if given completely to Him, than He can with a whole life characterized by a half-hearted service."

"Some of the most miserable people I have ever met have been people who are very popular with the public, but down inside are empty and miserable."

"We are not free to pick and choose the parts of the Bible we want to believe or obey. God has given us all of it, and we should be obedient to all of it."

"No Christian has the right to go around wringing his hands, wondering what we are to do in the face of the present world situation. The Scripture says that in the midst of persecution, confusion, wars, and rumors of wars, we are to comfort one another with the knowledge that Jesus Christ is coming back in triumph, glory, and majesty."