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“God sovereignly decreed that man should be free to exercise moral choice, and man from the beginning has fulfilled that decree by making his choice between good and evil. When he chooses to do evil, he does not thereby countervail the sovereign will of God, but fulfills it, inasmuch as the eternal decree decided not which choice the man should make, but that he should be free to make it.” -Pg 111

“The greatness of God rouses fear within us, but His goodness encourages us not to be afraid of Him. To fear and not be afraid— that is the paradox of faith.” -Pg 84

“The goodness of God is that which disposes Him to be kind, cordial, benevolent, and full of good will toward men.” -Pg 82

“…God is greater than the mind itself. His greatness cannot be conceived.” -Pg 44, quoting Novatian

“As a sunbeam perished when cut off from the sun, so man apart from God would pass back into the void of nothingness from which he leaped at the creative call.” -Pg 28

“We can never know who or what we are till we know at least something of what God is.”
-Pg 28

“The fact that [the Trinity] cannot be satisfactorily explained, instead of being against it, is in its favor. Such a truth had to be revealed; no one could have imagined it.” -Pg 23

“…an attribute of God is whatever God has in any way revealed as being true of Himself.” -Pg 12

“In Christ and by Christ, God effects complete self-disclosure, although He shows Himself not to reason but to faith and love.” -Pg 9

“Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them.” -Pg 3