Taking it easy is often the prelude to backsliding. Comfort precedes collapse.

A preacher who is too big for a little crowd would be too little for a big crowd.

We need a dedicated minority who, like the apostles of old, are willing to be called the scum of the earth and a spectacle to the world for the scandal of the cross.

The gospel is for lifeboats, not showboats, and a man must make up his mind which boat he is going to operate.

To the average professed Christian today, living so far below normal, New Testament Christianity would be a shock.

I suspect that much of our praying to be used is selfish, and underneath it is the sneaking desire to make our mark and be recognized.

In other days people chose a church on the basis of their doctrinal convictions. Now, lacking doctrinal convictions, they choose for social reasons.