Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

Repentance is something that is brought about in the human heart by the work of God the Holy Spirit.

The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a while until Christ returns for a 'second' Second Coming. The purpose of the rapture is to allow the saints to meet Jesus in the air as He returns and be included in His entourage during His triumphal descent from Heaven. His coming in this manner will be attended by the general resurrection, the final judgment, and the end of the world.

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

A loving God who has no wrath is no God. He is an idol of our own making as much as if we carved Him out of stone.

When you feel depressed, it helps to actively change your environment. Go and do something different. Martin Luther conquered his depression by going outside to work in his garden. Surprisingly enough, one of the best ways to handle depression is to go to work immediately on the task you least enjoy. (The chances are your depression is caused by guilt feelings arising out of neglect of those tasks.)

The Christian should be able to say with the psalmist, 'Oh, how I love your law.'