One of the many divine qualities of the Bible is that it does not yield its secrets to the irreverent and the censorious.

Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.

God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace.

The Church no more gave us the New Testament canon than Isaac Newton gave us the force of gravity.

Wisdom is the power to see, and the inclination to choose, the best and highest goal, together with the surest means of attaining it.

Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel.

The gospel does in truth proclaim the redemption of reason. Obscurantism is always evil, and wilful error is always sin., All truth is God's truth; facts, as such, are sacred, and nothing is more un-Christian than to run away from them.