When people ask me to name the Ligonier teaching material they should use to help them grow; I tell them, 'You should start with The Holiness of God.'

The grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We're saved by works, but they're not our own.

Without God upholding the universe from moment to moment, nothing could continue to be.

He is intangible and invisible. But His work is more powerful than the most ferocious wind. The Spirit brings order out of chaos and beauty out of ugliness. He can transform a sin-blistered man into a paragon of virtue. The Spirit changes people. The Author of life is also the Transformer of life.

Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for our celebration. It is difficult for our pride to rest on grace. Grace is for other people—for beggars. We don’t want to live by a heavenly welfare system. We want to earn our own way and atone for our own sins. We like to think that we will go to heaven because we deserve to be there.

God is not interested in our public displays of piety. He's not interested in religion in terms of the outward show. He's interested in godliness.

The one place where the Christian can be naked without fear is in the presence of Christ.