The world cries for men who are strong; strong in conviction, strong to lead, to stand, to suffer.

But the question to precede all others, which finally determines the course of our lives is What do I really want? Was it to love what God commands, in the words of the collect, and to desire what He promises? Did I want what I wanted, or did I want what He wanted, no matter what it might cost?

To be a follower of the Crucified means, sooner or later, a personal encounter with the cross. And the cross always entails loss.

We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.

Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy.

God is God. I dethrone Him in my heart if I demand that He act in ways that satisfy my idea of justice. It is the same spirit that taunted, "If Thou be the Son of God, come down from the Cross." There is unbelief, there is even rebellion, in the attitude that says, "God has no right to do this to five men unless...

There is no need for faith where there is no consciousness of an element of risk.