There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.

God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.

It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any form of Christianity in which, experimentally and practically, this saying is not being verified. Those who suppose that the doctrine of God's grace tends to encourage moral laxity are simply showing that, in the most literal sense, they do not know what they are talking about. For love awakens love in return; and love, once awakened, desires to give pleasure.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

There's a difference between knowing God and knowing about God. When you truly know God, you have energy to serve Him, boldness to share Him, and contentment in Him.

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.

We think of God as too much like what we are. Learn to acknowledge the full majesty of your incomparable God and Savior.