People who think that once they are converted all will be happy, have forgotten Satan.

The Christian is not superficial in any sense, but is fundamentally serious and fundamentally happy. You see, the joy of the Christian is a holy joy; the happiness of the Christian is a serious happiness. ... it is a solemn joy, it is a holy joy, it is a serious happiness; so that, though he is grave and sober-minded and serious, he is never cold and prohibitive.

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

The introduction is the first and best chance to win the attention of people who otherwise would not care. The first thing you have to do is make people believe that what you have to say is relevant and important.

You must go on to remind yourself of God - who God is, and what God is, and what God has done, and what God has pledged Himself to do.

We must cease to think of the church as a gathering of institutions and organizations, and we must get back to the notion that we are the people of God.

Whenever you put happiness before righteousness, you will be doomed to misery. That is the great message of the Bible from beginning to end. They alone are truly happy who are seeking to be righteous.