Satan was the originator of sin

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.

Mr. Welper, of the few certainties I've come across in life, one of them is that when a person says money is no object, the opposite is most likely true. Money is the only object—or will be.

Never, never doubt who you are!

Legalism says God will love us if we change. The gospel says God will change us because He loves us.

Learn to accept your limits and you'll become a happier person.

I was playing once with the King of Samoa. I asked him what his handicap was. "Six wives," he said.

Fate decides until challenged by the fated

Credit markets were originally created to serve human needs; to provide businesses and individuals with capital to start or expand businesses or fulfill other financial needs.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let it ruin them instead.

There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.