“The one indispensable requirement for producing godly, mature Christians is godly, mature Christians.”

“Nothing in the Bible encourages us to give sex the exalted status it has in our culture, as if finding our purpose, our identity, and our fulfillment all rest with what we can or cannot do with our...”

“The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart.”

“The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.”

“The people on this planet who end up doing nothing are those who never realize they can't do everything.”

“One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything.”

“Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'”

“Unconditional love really exists in each of us. It is part of our deep inner being. It is not so much an active emotion as a state of being. It's not 'I love you' for this or that reason, not 'I lo...”

“We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to show it. We need to both express and demonstrate...”

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not de...”

“My interpretation can only be as inerrant as I am, and that's good to keep in mind.”

“When you translate the Bible with excessive literalism, you demythologize it. The possibility of a convincing reference to the individual's own spiritual experience is lost. (111)”

“...and all the people said 'What a shame that he's dead, but wasn't he a most peculiar man?”

“We can live without our friends but not without our neighbors.”

“When your neighbor's house is afire your own property is at stake.”