“Jesus is the editor of all the dictionaries. Not only is He the one who gave us the Bible, He is also the one who gave us the gift of human language. We must stand with how He defines these key terms.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 58

“Few spectacles are sadder than all those soi-disant responsible Christians, the ones who have been chiding and rebuking me for years over my strictly Pauline views of slavery. Neither have a they appreciated my understanding of what actually resulted from the War between the States. Their version of their concern is that I have been needlessly opening the Church up to unhelpful charges of racccciiiisssm But you know what will actually condemn every last Christian as a vile and incorrigible racist? Just ten more birthdays, that’s all. The game that is being run on you people is plain and obvious, and you still refuse to see it. May the good Lord hasten the day when He gives you back your eyes.”

Mere Christendom, pp. 62-63

“They see the soft evangelical ‘culturally engaged’ center lusting after the respect of the world, and willing to lick dirt to get it. As an aside, licking dirt is not a great strategy for gaining respect.”

Mere Christendom, p. 56

“Just don’t make the mistake of putting your emotions in the driver’s seat. This is a complicated car, a very expensive car, and your emotions are two years old. They don’t know how to drive. Your emotions need to be in the back, strapped in a car seat, with instructions to behave.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 57

“Here is the definition I would offer, taking this as a summary from all of Scripture: to love someone is to treat that person lawfully from the heart.”

Keep Your Kids, p. 55