Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.

God is speaking. He is, by His nature, continuously articulate. He fills the world with His speaking voice.

We fear extremes and shy away from too much ardor in religion as if it were possible to have too much love or too much faith or too much holiness.

Be hard on yourself and easy on others. Carry your own cross but never lay one on the back of another

To know God is to fear Him. And this fear is to love Him as He deserves to be loved.

Christianity takes for granted the absence of any self-help and offers a power which is nothing less than the power of God.

As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal there will be those who will delight to offer affront to your idol.