Authority can mean different things to different people. For example, some document or other may be authoritative for particular group even though it's not reliable. It's just that the group has accepted that document as authoritative for their group. And some documents are truthful and reliable but they are ignored, so they have no authority for that particular group.

The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.

Either worrying drives out prayer, or prayer drives out worrying.

The Christian's whole desire, at its best and highest, is that Jesus Christ be praised. It is always a wretched bastardization of our goals when we want to win glory for ourselves instead of for him.

There is a certain kind of maturity that can be attained only through the discipline of suffering.

Christians have learned that when there seems to be no other evidence of God's love, they cannot escape the cross.

Effective prayer is the fruit of a relationship with God, not a technique for acquiring blessings.