The only works of righteousness that serve to justify a sinner are the works of Christ.

Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God.

When God writes our names in the 'Lamb's Book of Life' He doesn't do it with an eraser handy. He does it for eternity.

God did not die. The God who took on Himself a human nature died in His humanity, but the deity did not perish on the cross.

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.

To be conformed to this world is to risk the loss of one’s eternal soul.

I'm afraid that in the United States of America today the prevailing doctrine of justification is not justification by faith alone. It is not even justification by good works or by a combination of faith and works. The prevailing notion of justification in our culture today is justification by death. All one has to do to be received into the everlasting arms of God is to die.