Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply destroyed them after they had sinned; but as it is he has set his love upon particular sinners, and this means that, by his own free voluntary choice, he will not know perfect and unmixed happiness again till he has brought every one of them to heaven. He has in effect resolved that henceforth for all eternity his happiness shall be conditional upon ours.

Disregard the study of God, and you sentence yourself to stumble and blunder through life blindfolded.

The infallibility and inerrancy of biblical teaching does not, however, guarantee the infallibility and inerrancy of any interpretation or interpreter of that teaching; nor does the recognition of its qualities as the Word of God in any way prejudge the issue as to what Scripture does, in fact, assert. This can be determined only by careful Bible study.

We dishonor God if we proclaim a Savior who satisfies and then go around discontent

Our best works are shot through with sin and contain something for which we need to be forgiven.

This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.