It's not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It's the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.

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

Doctrine does matter.

If the final decision for the salvation of fallen sinners were left in the hands of fallen sinners, we would despair all hope that anyone would be saved.

The glory of the gospel is this: The one from whom we need to be saved is the one who has saved us.

The grand difference between a human being and a Supreme being is precisely this: Apart from God I cannot exist; apart from me God does exist. God does not need me in order for Him to be. I do need God in order for me to be. We are dependent. We are fragile. This is how we differ from God.

No sinner has the right to say with impunity, 'God you owe me grace.' If grace is owed, it is not grace. The very essence of grace is its voluntary character. God reserves to himself the sovereign, absolute right to give grace to some and withhold that grace from others.