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

The law requires works of human achievement; the gospel requires faith in Christ's achievement. The law makes demands and bids us obey; the gospel brings promises and bids us believe.

Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and that Scripture is, in fact, God's Word written, which therefore is true and reliable and has divine authority over men.

Do we claim to believe in God? He's a missionary God. You tell me you're committed to Christ. He's a missionary Christ. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit? He's a missionary Spirit. Do you belong to the church? It's a missionary society. And do you hope to go to heaven when you die? It's a heaven into which the fruits of world mission have been and will be gathered.

At the cross in holy love God through Christ paid the full penalty of our disobedience himself.

Instead of inflicting upon us the judgment we deserved, God in Christ endured it in our place.

A Christian should resemble a fruit tree with real fruit, not a Christmas tree with decorations tied on