The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.

A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit... Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.

Natural strength is what we receive from the hand of God as Creator. Spiritual strength is what we receive from God in grace.

We may be weak, but looking at our weakness will never make us strong.

And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.

The Christian faith begins not with a big DO but with a big DONE.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.