Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.

It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.

The preaching of grace can only be protected by the preaching of repentance.

The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.

But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must make infinitely more difficult decisions every day, seems to me almost to run counter to love. To delay or fail to make decisions may be more sinful than to make wrong decisions out of faith and love.

When you read the Bible, you must think that here and now, God is speaking with me

Faith is only real when there is obedience, never without it, and faith only becomes faith in the act of obedience.