The problem in the church today is not the profession of faith, but it's possession.

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

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.

Why would the disciples invent a God whose holiness was more terrifying than the forces of nature that provoked them to invent a god in the first place?

Fallen man is free to choose what he desires, but because his desires are only wicked he lacks the moral ability to come to Christ. As long as he remains in the flesh, unregenerate, he will never choose Christ. He cannot choose Christ precisely because he cannot act against his own will. His fall is so great that only the effectual grace of God working in his heart can bring him to faith.

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

To live coram Deo is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God.