Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone with our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy...He who is alone with his sins is utterly alone.

In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified remains a stranger and is at best the object of pity. The world will allow itself to be subdued only by success. It is not ideas or opinions which decide, but deeds. Success alone justifies wrongs done With a frankness and off-handedness which no other earthly power could permit itself, history appeals in its own cause to the dictum that the end justifies the means The figure of the Crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.

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

I need the Christ that is in you, and you need the Christ that is in me.

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