There are two sorts of sick consciences, those that are not aware enough of sin and those that are not aware enough of pardon.

Jesus' pattern prayer, which is both crutch, road, and walking lesson for the spiritually lame like ourselves, tells us to start with God: for God matters infinitely more than we do.

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.

What is a Christian? The richest answer I know is that a Christian is one who has God as Father.

Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

Has the word propitiation any place in your Christianity? In the faith of the New Testament it is central. The love of God, the taking of human form by the Son, the meaning of the cross, Christ's heavenly intercession, the way of salvation-all are to be explained in terms of itand any explanation from which the thought of propitiation is missing will be incomplete, and indeed actually misleading, by New Testament standards

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