You must know, rest in, think through, and act upon your new identity - you are in Christ

You do not become a master musician by playing just as you please, by imagining that learning the scales is sheer legalism and bondage! No, true freedom in any area of life is the consequence of regular discipline. It is no less true of the life of prayer.

Man's insulting God is not reversed by our insulting man.

Probably no theologian in English language has ever rivaled Owen stressing the absolute centrality of Christ's penal substitution and therefore his as Priest. . . . For that reason alone The Priesthood of Christ is worth all the time it takes to read it with humility, care, and reflection.

The only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.

Without the spirit of the Lord Jesus, we will look upon 'the least of these' simply as the least.

My security as a Christian does not reside in the strength of my faith but in the indestructibili ty of my Savior.