The way to be truly happy is to be truly human, and the way to be truly human is to be truly godly.

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

God has not abandoned us any more than he abandoned Job. He never abandons anyone on whom he has set his love; nor does Christ, the good shepherd, ever lose track of his sheep.

Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.

God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable.

I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the end. Faith, both in its origin and continuance, is a gift of grace (Phil 1:29).

This one word 'grace' contains within itself the whole of New Testament theology.