Our religious activities should be ordered in such a way as to have plenty of time for the cultivation of the fruits of solitude and silence.

Jesus Christ knows the worst about you. Nonetheless, He is the one who loves you the most.

The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.

The devil loves it when we say we believe then prioritize everything in our lives ahead of God.

The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed... The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will never let the mind have rest.

The church that can't worship must be entertained. And leaders who can't lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.

You will never please everybody. Some men will say you have gone too far. Other men will say you haven't gone far enough. I just compromise and say I won't please anybody.