If your creed and Scripture do not agree, cut your creed to pieces, but make it agree with this book.

Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.

The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)

A man must have a stout digestion to feed upon some men's theology; no sap, no sweetness, no life, but all stern accuracy, and fleshless definition. Proclaimed without tenderness, and argued without affection, the gospel from such men rather resembles a missile from a catapult than bread from a Father's hand.

Sometimes we think we are too busy to pray. That is a great mistake, for praying is a saving of time.

It's a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards.