The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared with Jesus Christ.

Thoughts about myself hinder my usefulness to God.

Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.

We must build our faith not on fading lights but on the Light that never fails. When 'important' individuals go away we are sad, until we see that they are meant to go, so that only one thing is left for us to do--to look into the face of God for ourselves.

Temptations in the life of faith are not accidents; each temptation is part of a plan, a step in the progress of faith.

If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.

The Bible is not a book that you can open and say, 'Now, Lord, put some magic into my soul that will open up the meaning of this book.' There is only one way really to understand the Word, and that is through wrestling with the circumstances and happenings of life.