If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.

Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?

The essence of grace, we suppose, is that the account has been paid in advance; and, because it has been paid, everything can be had for nothing.

We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God's coming should arouse in us. We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays claim to us. The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience.

We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us.

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.