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.

Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir awaiting a fabulous inheritance.

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

When we reach the outer limit of what Scripture says, it is time to stop arguing and start worshipping.

We are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further.

God is triune; there are within the Godhead three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit; and the work of salvation is one in which all three act together, the Father purposing redemption, the Son securing it and the Spirit applying it.

God answers the prayer we ought to have made rather than the prayer we did make.