No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul.

Feelings come to us, passively; love comes from us, actively, by our free choice.

The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."

If we had absolute proof instead of clues, then you could no more deny God than you could deny the sun. If we had no evidence at all, you could never get there. God gives us just enough evidence so that those who want him can have him.

To many moderns, [love] is something that is only a part of us rather than something of which we are a part.

Being a Christian is more like having your soul possessed by a spirit than having your mind clothed with new beliefs... It is like being haunted by the Holy Ghost.

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.