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

Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child of God, God is my Father; heaven is my home; every day is one day nearer. My Saviour is my brother; every Christian is my brother too. Say it over and over again to yourself first thing in the morning, last thing at night, as you wait for the bus, any time when your mind is free, and ask God that you may be enabled to live as one who knows it is all utterly and completely true. For this is the Christians secret of the Christian life, of a God-honouring life.

What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.

God then does not profess to answer in Scripture all the questions that we, in our boundless curiosity, would like to ask about Scripture. He tells us merely as much as He sees we need to know as a basis for our life of faith.

If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.

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

...love and pity for hell's occupants will not enter our hearts.