The ultimate fulfillment of God’s mercy in Jesus is not something that is supplied in time to correct a default in the system, but is something that is planned from all of eternity.

We must think ourselves empty when coming to the text of scripture and read ourselves full.

It is not our believing of the Gospel that makes it true. It exists as independent, true Truth.

If the most important thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother sacrificially, then the most important thing a mother can do for her children is to respect their father.

As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power.

There is a kind of life that leads to death. There is a kind of death that leads to life.

When we become captive to the Word of God, then we discover true freedom.

Jesus did not come to live as an example of how to die as a martyr, but as a substitute, taking the place that we deserve in order that we might enjoy what we don’t deserve. This is good news. Let us tell all our friends!

It is in our forgiveness of other people’s sins against us that we reveal the fact that we have been truly forgiven by God.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.