“Laws multiply when the lawgivers want to have subjects instead of citizens. When laws swarm like the frogs of Egypt, the reason for it is to increase guilt. This guilt means two things—one is that when there are multitudinous regulations, they can always get you for something. Second, it turns everyone into a lawbreaker, but because our consciences are not trained by the Scriptures, when it gets to the point of resistance, we are dragged into the fray with uneasy consciences—instead of walking toward the confrontation with a clean heart and well-oiled shield.”

Mere Christendom, p. 30

“This toxic use of empathy is destroying Western civilization, and I don’t think I am overstating things. The doctrine of empathy is tearing our culture apart . . . I’m talking about empathy as it is being employed by our therapeutic professionals. Their definition—the toxic one—has worked its way into our laws, into our customs, into our HR departments, into our media, into the military, and into our courts. This form of empathy demands that we feel with others without making any judgments whatsoever about them or their behavior. It is the delivery platform of radical relativism.”

Keep Your Kids, pp. 30-31

“Too many people in their marriages, families, and friendships try to build koinonia fellowship on the foundation of lying. They want peace, and so they will make peace by apologizing when they don’t think they need to, or they will give a soft answer when a straight answer was requested. Don’t lie for the sake of a superficial peace.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 22

“If you are going to run a marathon, you don’t get ready for it by running around the block the day before.”

Mere Christendom, p. 30

“We have forgotten that liberty must be understood in terms of durable goods.”

Mere Christendom, p. 26

“You can’t ask someone if you have a short temper and then blow up (or stop talking to them for six months) if they say yes.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 21