God's graciousness is not totally removed from any individual during this lifetime. In hell, it is.

No one was ever called by God to greater suffering than God's only begotten Son.

When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties.

Hope is called the anchor of the soul because it gives stability to the Christian life. But hope is not simply a 'wish' I wish that such-and-such would take place rather, it is that which latches on to the certainty of the promises of the future that God has made.

I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.

Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

If you take away the cross as an atoning act, you take away Christianity.