Beware of bartering the Word of God for a more suitable conception of your own.

We think of prayer as a preparation for work, or a calm after having done work, whereas prayer is the essential work.

It is easy for us to tarnish God's character because He never argues back; He never tries to defend or vindicate himself.

Very few of us know anything about loyalty to Christ -- For My Sake. It is that which makes the iron saint.

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.

Take care lest you play the hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right before you worship God yourself.

It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary things, to be holy in mean streets, among mean people, and this is not learned in five minutes