When people sugarcoat Christianity, arrange it all nicely, they have, in effect, taken away the Cross.

To accept Christ is to know the meaning of the words 'as he is, so are we in this world.' We accept his friends as our friends, his enemies as our enemies, his ways as our ways, his rejection as our rejection, his cross as our cross, his life as our life and his future as our future. If this is what we mean when we advise the seeker to accept Christ, we had better explain it to him. He may get into deep spiritual trouble unless we do.

If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today, 95 percent of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95 percent of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference.

Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.

Leadership requires vision, and whence will vision come except from hours spent in the presence of God in humble and fervent prayer?

God does not stop at rescuing us; the purpose of that rescue is to enjoy fellowship with us.

I don't want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.