The Grace Of God Exalts A Man

Foolish Talking And Jesting Are Not The Ways In Which Christian Cheerfulness Should Express Itself, But Rather "giving Of Thanks" (eph. 5:4). Religion Is The Source Of Joy And Gladness, But Its Joy Is Expressed In A Religious Way, In Thanksgiving And Praise.

The Functions Of These Elders, Therefore, Determine The Power Of The People; For A Representative Is One Chosen By Others To Do In Their Name What They Are Entitled To Do In Their Own Persons; Or Rather To Exercise The Powers Which Radically Inhere In Those For Whom They Act.

Faith Is Not A Blind, Irrational Conviction. In Order To Believe, We Must Know What We Believe, And The Grounds On Which Our Faith Rests.

It Is Only When Men Associate With The Wicked With The Desire And Purpose Of Doing Them Good, That They Can Rely Upon The Protection Of God To Preserve Them From Contamination.

Christian Humility Does Not Consist In Denying What There Is Of Good In Us; But In An Abiding Sense Of Ill-desert, And In The Consciousness That What We Have Of Good Is Due To The Grace Of God.