Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times... If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God.

I was praying about what I needed to teach. I felt it wasn't time to move out of the theme of Romans, which is salvation by grace through faith.

We've been taught that the Christian life is a life of peace, and when we don't have peace, we assume the problem lies within us. Not only do we feel anxious, but we also feel guilty about our anxiety! The result is a downward spiral of worry, guilt, worry, guilt.

God's love supply is never empty.

To me that's always a little satisfying - to find an underdeveloped topic and start developing it.

We enjoy the fruit of the first coming but anticipate the glory of the second.

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.