All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name.

The gospel creates the church, which spreads the gospel, which creates more churches, which in turn spread the gospel further ad infinitum.

Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues.

We can all be stimulated to greater generosity by the known generosity of others.

Christians believe that true worship is the highest and noblest activity of which man, by the grace of God, is capable.

The incentive to peacemaking is love, but it degenerates into appeasement whenever justice is ignored. To forgive and to ask for forgiveness are both costly exercises. All authentic Christian peacemaking exhibits the love and justice-and so the pain-of the cross.

It is a great comfort to know that our judge will be none other than our savior.