"I am in fact of the opinion that one can learn extraordinarily little over there [American liberal seminaries & theologically weak churches]... But it seems to me that one also gains quiet insights... where one sees chiefly the threat which Ameri...
“For when God is said by these things to try men and prove them, to see what is in their hearts and whether they will keep His commandments or no, we are not to understand, that it is for His own information, or that He may obtain evidence Himself...
"Shepherds are willing to bear the pain and endure the brunt of the sheep for the sheep. True elders do not command the consciences of their brethren but appeal to their brethren faithfully to follow God's Word. Out of love, true elders suffer and...