Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.

Christian liberty is freedom from sin, not freedom to sin.

The fruit is what really matters, not how gnarly or beautiful the apple tree is.

When you focus on the eternal, victorious Son of God, you break the devil's heart and render him powerless.

The victorious Christian neither exalts nor downgrades himself. His interests have shifted from self to Christ.

Constantly practice the habit of inwardly gazing upon God. You know that something inside your heart sees God. Even when you are compelled to withdraw your conscious attention in order to engage in earthly affairs, there is within you a secret communion always going on.

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.