“Christ . . . will appear a second time . . . to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” Hebrews 9:28

The fact that we *have been* saved (Eph. 2:8) and *are being* saved (1 Cor. 1:18) means that we are irrevocably united to the One who *will save* us from coming judgment. - John Piper

“It is a general methodological assumption of the early church fathers, as well as those modern renewalists, that John’s vision of the new heavens and new earth in Revelation 21 must be read in light of Isaiah 65–66. To read this as annihilation and re-creation ex nihilo is to read into it meanings for “pass away” and “new heavens and new earth” that are foreign to the sum of biblical teaching.” -Dr. Michael Svigel, The Fathers on the Future, p.164

Leonard Ravenhill: The devil is not afraid of a busy church, but he trembles at a praying church.

"The Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion." Isaiah 34:8

In an age of theological self aggrandizement and ministry clout farming, choose Christ instead.

Reject the clamorous dove sellers for the quiet service of, to, and for, Christ. - Aaron in Writing

I get the impression when reading some commentaries on Romans 9-11 that the authors have given more time to reading other scholars than they have to reading the Hebrew Bible (or rest of the NT for that matter). They seem likewise to think that Paul has forgotten about it as well. - BA Purtle