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?

For the Christian, every tragedy is ultimately a blessing, or God is a liar.

No Christian can avoid theology. Every Christian is a theologian. Perhaps not a theologian in the technical or professional sense, but a theologian nevertheless. The issue for Christians is not whether we are going to be theologians but whether we are going to be good theologians or bad ones.

When the gospel is at stake, everything is at stake.

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected.

It is by virtue of the atonement that God can maintain His justice and yet demonstrate His mercy.

God's grace is not infinite. God is infinite, and God is gracious.