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.

There is unspeakable comfort in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me for my good.

God's Word is not presented in Scripture in the form of a theological system, but it admits of being stated in that form, and, indeed, requires to be so stated before we can properly grasp it - grasp it, that is, as a whole. Every text has its immediate context in the passage from which it comes, its broader context in the book to which it belongs, and its ultimate context in the Bible as a whole; and it needs to be rightly related to each of these contexts if its character, scope and significance is to be adequately understood.

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

If our theology does not quicken the conscience and soften the heart, it actually hardens both.

The Life of true holiness is rooted in the soil of awed adoration