In Reformed theology, if God is not sovereign over the entire created order, then he is not sovereign at all. The term sovereignty too easily becomes a chimera. If God is not sovereign, then he is not God.

A faithful person is revealed by those who hate him or her. Are you hated for your faith or ethics? If nobody hates you, maybe you have not displayed Christ openly enough.

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.

The sin of fallen man is this: Man seeks the benefits of God while at the same time fleeing from God Himself.

The world is filled with God's glory. You can't turn without bumping into it.

Grace, by definition, is something that God is not required to grant. He owes a fallen world no mercy.

What we celebrate at Christmas is not so much the birth of a baby, but the incarnation of God Himself