We are cosmic traitors. We must recognize this problem within ourselves if we are to grasp the necessity of the cross.

Heaven is a place where God will personally wipe away our tears.

Satan can do only what the sovereign God allows him to do.

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

The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries with it the intrinsic authority of God Himself.

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.

Touching His human nature, Jesus is no longer present with us. Touching his Divine nature, He is never absent from us.