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.
Wayne GrudemIn one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.
Wayne GrudemGod's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.
Wayne GrudemIt is scripture alone, not conservative Evangelical tradition or any other human authority, that must function as the normative authority for the definition of what we should believe. The authority of the scripture means that all the words in scripture are God's words in such a way that to disbelieve or disobey any word of scripture is to disbelieve or disobey God.
Wayne Grudem