If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.
The capacity for tears is the last demonstration of greatness.
The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.
There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise.
The three essentials for great preaching are: truth, clarity, and passion.
How would you like to live with somebody who was everlastingly grieving your heart by his conduct?