The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.

Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.

It is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself.

Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.

God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world.

In recent years we have seen a great deal of bravery and self-sacrifice, but civil courage hardly anywhere, even among ourselves.