We all tend to go to extremes; some rely only on their own preparation and look for nothing more; others, as I say, tend to despise preparation and trust to the unction, the anointing and the inspiration of the Spirit alone. But there must be no "either/or" here; it is always "both/and." These two things must go together.

The Christian is a man who can be certain about the ultimate even when he is most uncertain about the immediate.

The gospel is not something partial or piecemeal: it takes in the whole life, the whole of history, the whole world. It tells us about creation and the final judgment and everything in between.

People are often unhappy in the Christian life because they have thought of Christianity, and the whole message of the gospel, in inadequate terms.

Grace is favor shown to people who do not deserve any favor at all.

The glory of the gospel is that when the church is absolutely different from the world, she invariably attracts it.

Though we claim to believe the whole of Scripture, in practice we frequently deny much of it by ignoring it.