Defend the Bible? I would as soon defend a lion! Unchain it and it will defend itself.

A friend to everybody is often a friend to nobody, or else in his simplicity he robs his family to help strangers, and becomes brother to a beggar. There is wisdom in generosity, as in everything else.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. It is the most grievous sentence of the three, but it overflows with comfort. Strange is it that where misery was concentrated mercy reigned; where sorrow reached her climax weary souls find rest.

Those who do not hope cannot wait; but if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

We must trust as if it all depended on God and work as if it all depended on us