The fact of God is necessary for the fact of man. Think God away and man has no ground of existence.

He (God) may sometimes chasten us, it is true, but even this He does with a smile, the proud, tender smile of a Father who is bursting with pleasure over an imperfect but promising son who is coming every day to look more and more like the One whose child he is.

Our identification with Christ should be that whatever He is we also want to become.

Honesty that can be trusted and respected is a very fragrant flower in the life of a Christian.

Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

The history of mankind will probably show that no people has ever risen above its religion, and man's spiritual history will positively demonstrate that no religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.