Pithy quotes from Adrian Rogers. Our sins were the nails that nailed him to that tree, and our hard hearts were the hammers that drove those nails. Reputation is what others think about you. Character is what God knows about you. If you live for this world, then you are in the junk business. It's all just premature junk. Some people go to hell with a chest full of Sunday school attendance pins. Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is your idol. To be almost saved is to be totally lost. The devil would just as soon send you to hell from the pew as from the gutter. God is sovereign, so live confidently. God is holy, so live reverently. Where God leads, he feeds. Where God directs, he protects. Where God guides, he provides. Have you ever wondered what a church full of Pharisees would be like? One, they would all attend every service. Two, they would all tithe. 3. They would all work in the church. 4. They would all go to hell. The man molds the idol and then the idol molds the man. Justice is God giving us what we deserve. Mercy is God not giving us what we deserve. Grace is God giving us what we don't deserve. God only wants for us what we would want for ourselves, if we were wise enough to know what is best for us. Character is what we are in the dark. The grace of God will exalt a person without inflating him and will humble a person without debasing him. Evangelism is one beggar telling another beggar where to find bread. Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm. Holiness is not the way to Christ. Christ is the way to holiness. Is what I am living for worth Christ's dying for?