The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)

The gospel is the proclamation of the person and work of Jesus Christ and how those benefits can be applied to us by faith alone.

But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.

To honor God as God, we must worship Him as He and He alone decrees.

In the culture of pluralism...the only thing that cannot be tolerated is a claim to exclusivity.

If the God you believe in is not a sovereign God, then you really don't believe in God.

I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not even justification by good works or by a combination of faith and works. The prevailing notion of justification in our culture today is justification by death. All one has to do to be received into the everlasting arms of God is to die.