Moreover, the whole purpose of God’s mighty acts is to bring man to know Him by faith; and Scripture knows no foundation for faith but the spoken word of God, inviting our trust in Him on the basis of what He has done for us.
His purpose is simply to draw us closer to Himself in conscious communion with Him.
Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.
The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.
The Evangelical is not afraid of facts, for he knows that all facts are God’s facts; nor is he afraid of thinking, for he knows that all truth is God’s truth, and right reason cannot endanger sound faith.
The gospel does in truth proclaim the redemption of reason. Obscurantism is always evil, and wilful error is always sin., All truth is God’s truth; facts, as such, are sacred, and nothing is more un-Christian than to run away from them.
The very quality of books to read and facts to master with which the twentieth-century man is confronted encourages him to think broadly and superficially about much, but hinders him from thinking deeply and thoroughly about anything.
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ’s cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself in any other way.
Our are speculations are not the measure of our God.
Men treat God’s sovereignty as a theme for controversy, but in Scripture it is matter for worship.
Confidence that one’s impressions are God-given is no guarantee that this is really so, even when they persist and grow stronger through long seasons of prayer. Bible-based wisdom must judge them.
Suffering is getting what you do not want while wanting what you do not get.
We think of God as too much like what we are. Learn to acknowledge the full majesty of your incomparable God and Savior.
Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity.
In common honesty, we must not conceal the fact that free forgiveness in one sense will cost everything.
Im amazed at the amount of time people spend on the Internet.
Im saying that an editorial process that is preparing the material for publication counts as part of the inspiring process whereby God, in his sovereignty, gave every word.
I’m not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger – and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
Man is a responsible moral agent, though he is also divinely controlled; man is divinely controlled, though he is also a responsible moral agent.
The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.