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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

The Christian is not a Stoic. Neither does he flee into a fantasy world that denies the reality of suffering.

When the Bible speaks of hope, it is not referring to a desire for a future outcome that is uncertain, but rather a desire for a future outcome that is absolutely sure.

Christ comes from the Greek word christos, which means "anointed." It corresponds to the Hebrew word translated "messiah." When Jesus is called

Those who understand God's sovereignty have joy even in the midst of suffering, a joy reflected on their very faces, for they see that their suffering is not without purpose.

In order to be able to count earthly sorrows and afflictions as matters of joy, we have to cultivate the ability to think in terms of the future.

Truth may be mysterious, indeed even paradoxical, but never, never, never contradictory.

Faith is central to the motivation of the human heart to live in a way that honors God.

Love God? Sometimes I hate Him." This is a strange quote to hear from the lips of a man as respected for his religious zeal as Luther.

Faith is also the means by which we live in response to the commands of God.

We can no more assist the Holy Spirit in the quickening of our souls to spiritual life than Lazarus could help Jesus raise him from the dead.

If we are unconverted, one thing is absolutely certain: We hate God.

Just laws reflect what is right.

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in.

Sin can be pleasurable, but it never brings happiness.

To reduce the demands of God’s law is to do violence to the holiness of God. To inflate one’s own self-assessment to the point of self-delusion is an extreme form of pride.

Allan Bloom, in his book The Closing oftheAmerican Mind, chronicled the epidemic rise of moral relativism that reduces ethics to personal preferences rather than to objective norms for what is right and wrong.

Sanctification is a process. It is a gradual process. Run for your life from those who promise you instant sanctification.

Justification is by faith alone, but not by a faith that is alone.

Two vitally important truths about the Christian life: we are pilgrims, and we make progress.

If we are going to deal with the discipline of Bible study, we must recognize at the outset that we will need the grace of God to persevere.

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.

You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.

The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.

Don't limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.