Wherefore it ought to be the first concern of every Christian to lay aside all confidence in works and increasingly to strengthen faith alone and through faith to grow in the knowledge, not of works, but of Christ Jesus, who suffered and rose for him, as Peter teaches in the last chapter of his first Epistle (I Pet. 5:10).

These two words, grace and peace, include all that belong to Christianity. Grace releases sin, and peace makes the conscience quiet. The

We shall understand why a Christian observes laws: For the peace of the world, out of gratitude to God, and for a good example that others may be attracted to the Gospel.

Christ was born of Mary, suffered, was crucified, died, was buried, and rose again from the dead on the third day.

If the Gospel is to be preached, it must concern the resurrection of Christ. Whoever does not preach this is no Apostle; for it is the head article of our

Through this perversion of things it has happened that the knowledge of Christian grace, of faith, of liberty, and altogether of Christ, has utterly perished, and has been succeeded by an intolerable bondage to human works and laws; and, according to the Lamentations of Jeremiah, we have become the slaves of the vilest men on earth, who abuse our misery to all the disgraceful and ignominious purposes of their own will.

We are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves is never alone.

Be a sinner and sin boldly, but believe and rejoice in Christ even more boldly.

The Christian faith makes it possible for us nobly to accept that which cannot be changed, and to meet disappointments and sorrow with an inner poise, and to absorb the most intense pain without abandoning our sense of hope.

If Christianity is not scientific, and Science is not God, then there is no invariable law, and truth becomes an accident.

Christianity is not a religion at all, but a revelation and a rescue and an ensuing relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

All of my children are ideologically and politically in sync with me, they all have authentic Christian faith. It's something I'm very grateful for.