We may love money without having it, just as we may have money without loving it.

Growth in grace is one way to be happy in our religion. God has wisely linked together our comfort and our increase in holiness.

No one ever reached heaven without repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.

The nearer we live to God while we live, the more ready we will be to dwell forever in His presence when we die.

Death is a solemn event for everyone. It is the winding up of all earthly plans and expectations. It is a separation from all we have loved and lived with. It is often accompanied by much bodily pain and distress. It opens the door to judgement and eternity - to heaven or to hell. It is an event after which there is no change, or space for repentance.

It was the whole Trinity, which at the beginning of creation said, "Let us make man". It was the whole Trinity again, which at the beginning of the Gospel seemed to say, "Let us save man".