The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.

Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.

Evangelism is not a professional job for a few trained men, but is instead the unrelenting responsibility of every person who belongs to the company of Jesus.

The spoken word is never really effective unless it is backed up by a life, but it is also true that the living deed is never adequate without the support the spoken word can provide.

If the average church should suddenly take seriously the notion that every lay member man or woman is really a minister of Christ, we could have something like a revolution in a very short time.

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

Never trust a theologian who doesn't have a sense of humor.