To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard for us. Once more, all that self-denial can say is, 'He leads the way, keep close to Him.'

A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

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

Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.

A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.

A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.