In a universe governed by God there are no chance events. Indeed, there is no such thing as chance. Chance does not exist. It is merely a word we use to describe mathematical possibilities. But chance itself has no power because it has no being. Chance is not an entity that can influence reality. Chance is not a thing. It is nothing.

A god who is all love, all grace, all mercy, no sovereignty, no justice, no holiness, and no wrath is an idol.

I rest solely in His righteousness and in His atonement because I know there is nothing I can do to make up for my own iniquity.

What higher approval could a person enjoy than to know that what he or she has done is pleasing to God?

The more seriously we understand the radical nature of sin, the more it exercises a restraint upon us.

Change marriage and you change the world. Convince people that government, not God, lays down the rules for marriage, and they will believe more strongly that they determine right and wrong, that not even the world's rulers are subject to a higher authority.

Just as the normative standard for the good and for the true is God, so the ultimate standard of beauty is God.