It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate the intellectual adequacy of the biblical faith and the comparative inadequacy of its rivals, and to show the invalidity of the criticisms that are brought against it. This he seeks to do, not from any motive of intellectual self-justification, but for the glory of God and His gospel.

The more you praise, the more vigor you will have for prayer; and the more you pray, the more matter you will have for praise.

Man is a responsible moral agent, though he is also divinely controlled; man is divinely controlled, though he is also a responsible moral agent.

The gospel tells that our Judge has become our Savior.

Men who know their God are before anything else men who pray, and the first point where their zeal and energy for God's glory come to expression is in their prayers. If there is little energy for such prayer, and little consequent practice of it, this is a sure sign that as yet we scarcely know our God.

There is tremendous relief in knowing that His love to me is based at every point on prior knowledge of the worst about me.

We dishonor God if we proclaim a Savior who satisfies and then go around discontent