Religion has accepted the monstrous heresy that noise, size, activity and bluster make a man dear to God.

In the Book of Acts faith was for each believer a beginning, not an end; it was a journey, not a bed in which to lie while waiting for the day of our Lord's triumph. Believing was not a once-done act; it was more than an act, it was an attitude of heart and mind which inspired and enabled the believer to take up his cross and follow the Lamb whithersoever He went.

I contend that whatever does not raise the moral standard of the church or community has been a revival from God.

If we insist upon trying to imagine Him, we end with an idol, made not with hands but with thoughts; and an idol of the mind is as offensive to God as an idol of the hand.

A pharisee is hard on others and easy on himself, but a spiritual man is easy on others and hard on himself.

Because we are the handiwork of God, it follows that all our problems and their solutions are theological.

I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.