“Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.”

“The suffering of the Christian or anyone else in this world is never ultimately an accident. All suffering is within the pale of divine sovereignty. All suffering comes within the broader context of the sovereignty of God.”

“Here, then, is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy. ”

“I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not even justification by good works or by a combination of faith and works. The prevailing notion of justification in our culture today is justification by death. All one has to do to be received into the everlasting arms of God is to die.”

“Nothing could be more irrational than the idea that something comes from nothing.”

“The essence of our salvation is found in this phrase: Simul justus et pecator.”

“The free-will of man cannot impune the sovereignty of God, and conversely the sovereignty of God would not impune the free-will of men".”