The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.

God's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel while others do not hear it, and moving some of those who hear it to repentance while leaving others in their unbelief, thus teaching his saints that hew owes mercy to none and that it is entirely of his grace, not at all through their own effort, that they themselves have found life.

Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do.

The point here is not just that an image represents God as having body and parts, whereas in reality he has neither. But the point really goes much deeper. The heart of the objection to pictures and images is that they inevitably conceal most, if not all, of the truth about the personal nature and character of the divine Being whom they represent.

There are ministers who never speak of repentance or self-denial. Naturally they are popular, but they are false prophets.

Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.