For the Arminian, salvation is possible for all but certain for none. In the Calvinist position, salvation is sure for God's elect.

The only thing that we have earned at the hands of perfect justice is perfect punishment.

For a work to be considered good it must not only conform outwardly to the law of God, but it must be motivated inwardly by a sincere love for God.

The only righteousness that meets the requirements of the Law is the righteousness of Christ.

It’s dangerous to assume that because a person is drawn to holiness in his study that he is thereby a holy man. There is irony here. I am sure that the reason I have a deep hunger to learn of the holiness of God is precisely because I am not holy. I am a profane man—a man who spends more time out of the temple than in it. But I have had just enough of a taste of the majesty of God to want more. I know what it means to be a forgiven man and what it means to be sent on a mission. My soul cries for more. My soul needs more.

Advice to aspiring ministers: Get in the Word. Stay in the Word. Master the Word. And for heaven's sake, preach the Word!

The Spirit always communicates that He's for you when He convicts you of your sin.