The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away.

Every time we mention God we become theologians, and the only question is whether we are going to be good ones or bad ones.

Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity.

The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God.

What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance, and this the Christian has in a way that no other person has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?

The Church, therefore, has two constant needs; instruction in the truths by which it must live, and correction of the shortcomings by which its life is marred.

To know that nothing happens in God's world apart from God's will may frighten the godless, but it stabilizes the saints.