The true Christian ideal is not to be happy but to be holy.

Prayer is always in danger of degenerating into a glorified gold rush. How to get things from God occupies most [books].

The only cross in all of history that was turned into an altar was the cross on which Jesus Christ died. It was a Roman cross. They nailed Him on it, and God, in His majesty and mystery, turned it into an altar. The Lamb who was dying in the mystery and wonder of God was turned into the Priest who offered Himself. No one else was a worthy offering.

The man who is seriously convinced that he deserves hell is not likely to go there, while the man who believes that he is worthy of heaven will certainly never enter that blessed place.

An infinite God can give all of Himself to each of His children.

As long as we think we own anything, that thing owns us. As soon as we know that we own nothing, then God owns us.

The inner life must overcome the flesh or the flesh will overcome and destroy the inner life.