In one sense the doctrine of the trinity is a mystery that we will never understand fully.

God's faithfulness means that God will always do what He said and fulfill what He has promised.

If we pray little, it is probably because we do not really believe that prayer accomplishes much at all.

God eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and each person is fully God, and there is one God.

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.

God's wisdom means that God always chooses the best goals and the best means to those goals.

Nowhere in Scripture do we find doctrine studied for its own sake or in isolation from life.

God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.

The idea 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.

The clarity of Scripture means that the Bible is written in such a way that its teachings are able to be understood by all who will read it seeking God's help and being willing to follow it.

The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact.

Faith is the function of the heart.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.

The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer.

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.

If love is killed, joy is lost. You cannot have joy without love.

Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.

Tarantino and Jackson is like Scorsese and DeNiro, and their silent communication.

Failing is a judgment that we humans place on a given action. Rather than judgment, substitute this attitude: You cannot fail, you can only produce results.