In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.

In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity.

Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.

Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.

When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

Desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer. Lack of desire is poverty.