We cannot enter into the presence of God while we are rebelling against God.
Outside of the will of god, there is nothing I want. And in the will of god there is nothing I fear.
To men and women everywhere Jesus says, “Come unto me, and I will give you rest.” The rest He offers is the rest of meekness, the blessed relief which comes when we accept ourselves for what we are and cease to pretend.
The best way to prove that a stick is crooked is to set a straight one beside it. No words need to be spoken.
Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its faith not in the living God, but in dying men.
To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.
Christ dazzles me and stirs within me such feelings of amazement that I can never get over Him.
Always the most revealing thing about the church is her idea of God.
The big problem is not whether the Bible is true. The big problem is whether it is true in you.
God sees us perfect in His Son while He disciplines and chastens and purges us that we may be partakers of His holiness.
Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they found Him, the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking.
The true Christian is one who is kind of sick of this world. If I find anybody who is settled down too snugly into this world, I am made to doubt whether he’s ever truly been born again.
We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit.
I claim the holy right to disappoint men in order to avoid disappointing God.
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not only a book which was once spoken, but a book which is now speaking.
The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.
If your Christianity depends upon a pastor’s preaching, then you’re a long way from being where you should be.
We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy.
As the excellence of steel is strength, and the excellence of art is beauty, so the excellence of mankind is moral character.
May God grant us a desire for God that supersedes all other desires.