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

It is staggering that God should love sinners, yet it is true.

But man's eyes are blind through sin, and he can discern no part of God's truth till the Spirit opens them. Inner illumination, leading directly as it does to a deep, inescapable conviction, is thus fundamental to the Spirit's work as a teacher.

Read two old books for every new one.

Our are speculations are not the measure of our God.

Underlying the preaching of the Puritans are three basic axioms: 1. The unique place of preaching is to convert, feed and sustain, 2. The life of the preacher must radiate the reality of what he preaches, 3. Prayer and solid Bible study are basic to effective preaching.

Thank you, Mr.Lewis, for being you. I wouldn't have missed you for the world.