If it were left to us, we would all fall away from the faith and perish.

The principle rule of interpreting Scripture is that Scripture interprets Scripture.

It is important for us to make a distinction between the spiritual fruit of joy and the cultural concept of happiness. A Christian can have joy in his heart while there is still spiritual depression in his head. The joy that we have sustains us through these dark nights and is not quenched by spiritual depression. The joy of the Christian is one that survives all downturns in life.

The moment we think we deserve mercy a little alarm bell should go off in our head because we are not talking about mercy anymore but justice.

Any conception of a god that is less than sovereign is an idol and no god at all.

At the final judgment, everyone will stand before God alone.

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty.