The need is not to amputate the ego. . . but to transcend it.
This book (the Bible) is not hard to understand. It's just hard to swallow.
We're not just dogmatic about this-we're bulldog-matic! Sola Scriptura is non-negotiable!
Salvation is not a reward for the righteous, it is a gift for the guilty.
If you please God, it does not matter whom you displease. And if you displease Him, it does not matter whom you please.
We must trust God, not only WHEN we do not understand, but BECAUSE we do not understand.
When God measures a church, He begins with its depth not its breadth, with its substance not its style.
The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.
We're a country that abhors the government. From Reagan on, many people think the government is the enemy in the United States.
[ Vietnam War] brought the people together and made the '60s like they were. The youth were very unified against the status quo - against the old line and the new old line. It's the same exact thing today.
[Interminable monologues] became an issue only late in [Adolf] Hitler's life. He became repetitive after the war started going badly in Russia. He wasn't like this earlier on, he could be very funny in our small group, very relaxed, teasing and it was just a relaxed atmosphere.