I long for nothing more earnestly than to serve God with all my might.

Unbelief is the mother of vice; it is the parent of sin; and, therefore, I say it is a pestilent evil-a master sin.

The Devil has seldom done a cleverer thing that hinting to the Church that part of their mission is to provide entertainment for the people, with a view to winning them. Providing amusement for the people is nowhere spoken of in the Scriptures as a function of the Church. The need is biblical doctrine, so understood and felt that is sets men afire.

When you desire to be most alive to God, you will generally find sin most alive to repel you.

Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book thoroughly mastered than by 20 books he has merely skimmed.

A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.

He makes those just who are unjust, forgives those who deserve to be punished, and favors those who deserve no favor.