A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.

The most dangerous trap is just living and forgetting that God exists.

I did not go through the Book. The Book went through me.

If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves.

Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again.

We must meet the uncertainties of this world with the certainty of the world to come.

If we possess nothing, God will allow us to have plenty.