At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.

There are three conversions necessary (for the Christian life): the conversion of the heart, the mind, and the purse.

God has set the type of marriage through creation. Each creature seeks its perfection in another.

If the earth is fit for laughter then surely heaven is filled with it. Heaven is the birthplace of laughter.

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

Sin is essentially a departure from God.