Election is an act of God before creation in which He chooses some people to be saved, not on account of any foreseen merit in them, but only because of His sovereign good pleasure.

In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

It is important to insist on the historical truthfulness of the narrative of the fall of Adam and Eve. Just as the account of the creation of Adam and Eve is tied in with the rest of the historical narrative in the book of Genesis, so also this account of the fall of man, which follows the history of man's creation, is presented by the author as straightforward, narrative history

The devil's characteristic has been to originate sin and tempt others to sin

The sufficiency of Scripture means that Scripture contained all the words of God he intended his people to have at each stage of redemptive history, and that it now contains all the words of God we need for salvation, for trusting him perfectly, and for obeying him perfectly.

God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.

God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.