"To the darkness of ignorance have been added presumption and wantonness, and hence there is scarcely an individual to be found without some idol or phantom as a substitute for Deity. Like water gushing forth from a large and copious spring, immense crowds of gods have issued from the human mind, every man giving himself full license, and devising some peculiar form of divinity, to meet his own views" (John Calvin, Institutes of Christian Religion).
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John Calvin on the Unity and Distinction of the Trinity
"The Scriptures demonstrate that there is some distinction between the Father and the Word, the Word and the Spirit; but the magnitude ...

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Matthew 18:20 (ESV) "For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." How frequently do you hear scriptur...
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"There is a glorious promise given by the Builder, 'The gates of hell shall not prevail.' "He who cannot lie has pledged...
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Genesis 21:1-2 (ESV) 1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and ...
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