Don't ever ask God for justice-you might get it.

No sin has ever made any person happy. Sin simply cannot bring happiness, but it can deliver pleasure, and when we confuse pleasure with happiness, we are wide open to the seduction of the enemy.

The essence of our salvation is found in this phrase: Simul justus et pecator.

A knowledge of the invisible God is revealed to us through that which is visible. The creation itself screams out the reality of the Creator.

If we are to be biblical, then, the issue is not whether we should have a doctrine of predestination or not, but what kind we should embrace.

I cannot read God's mind, however I can read God's Word.

It is precisely the presence and help of Christ in times of suffering that makes it possible for us to stand up under pressure.

What better evidence could there be of a man's salvation than that he offers to others the grace he himself has received?

Because of Christ, our suffering is not useless. It is part of the total plan of God, who has chosen to redeem the world through the pathway of suffering.

The Spirit inspired the Word when it originally was written. Today, He uses it to illumine us, and He applies it to our souls and hearts.

When I read the Bible, the Bible criticizes me, I don't criticize the Bible.

Kung asks the right question. The issue is not why does God punish sin but why does He permit the ongoing human rebellion?

Jacob’s Ladder represents a bridge between Jacob’s secular mindset to make it in this world and the reality of Heavenly things.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him" (Job 13:15).

We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.

The closer we are to God, the more the slightest sin will cause us deep sorrow.

To live in coram Deo is to live in the presence of God, being ruled by His authority for the glory of His name.

The Bible's truth does not depend in any way on whether or not a person believes the truth.

The promise of God is not that He will never give us more weight than we want to carry. The promise of God is that He will never put more on us than we can bear.

It is easy to get faith into our heads. It is hard to get faith into our bloodstream.

The failure of modern evangelicalism is the failure to understand the holiness of God.

Mindless Christianity is no Christianity at all. You can't love what you don't know.

God is serious about how we worship Him, and we must be serious about it, too.

What accounts for Luther's behavior? One things is certain: Whatever defense mechanisms normal people have to mute the accusing voice of conscience, Luther was lacking.