We are so utterly ordinary, so commonplace, while we profess to know a Power the Twentieth Century does not reckon with.... Oh that God would make us dangerous!

Ninety-five percent of our wool is going to China.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

I do not know how to make a man think seriously about sin and judgment, and must look to the work of the Holy Spirit for any hint of such a working.

For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.

I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.