Man is a responsible moral agent, though he is also divinely controlled; man is divinely controlled, though he is also a responsible moral agent.

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

We must seek, in studying God, to be led to God.

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.

I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer.

Repentance means turning from as much as you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you know of your God, and as our knowledge grows at these three points so our practice of repentance has to be enlarged.

God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives.