The unblemished ideal exists only in happily-ever-after fairy tales. Ruth likes to say, "If two people agree on everything, one of them is unnecessary." The sooner we accept that as a fact of life, the better we will be able to adjust to each other and enjoy togetherness. "Happily incompatible" is a good adjustment.

It (the Bible) has never bowed its head before the discoveries of science.

You will never understand who you are until you understand who God is.

Some believe strongly that each Christian may have his own guardian angel assigned to watch over him or her.

Your salvation depends on what [Christ] has done for you, not on what you do for Him. It isn't your hold on God that saves you. It's His hold on you.

There is nothing new about humanism. It is the yielding to Satan's first temptation of Adam and Eve: "Ye shall be as gods." (Gen. 3:5)

The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.