God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.
God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.
The poor quality of Christian that grows out of our modern evangelistic meeting may be accounted for by the absence of real repentance accompanying the initial spiritual experience of the converts. And the absence of repentance is the result of an inadequate view of sin and sinfulness held by those who present themselves in the inquiry room.
Whom God would use greatly He will hurt deeply.
We can take whatever path in worship we choose, but not all paths will end at the feet of Jesus.
Hope is the music of the whole Bible, the heartbeat, the pulse and the atmosphere of the whole Bible.
Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function.
Low views of God destroy the gospel for all who hold them.
I want to be a more serious-minded Christian, more detached from this world, more ready for heaven than I have ever been in my whole life. I want an ear that is sharp to know the voice of the enemy, whether it comes from religion, politics, or philosophy ... I would rather stand and have everybody my enemy than to go along with the crowd to destruction. Do you feel that way?
Shall it be a religion or shall it be Christ? Shall it be churchianity or shall it be Jesus Christ? Shall it be pride or shall it be humility in Jesus Christ?
Promoting self under the guise of promoting Christ is currently so common as to excite little notice.
True faith rests upon the character of God and asks no further proof than the moral perfections of the One who cannot lie.
For myself, I long ago decided that I would rather know the truth than be happy in ignorance. If I can not have both truth and happiness, give me truth. We’ll have a long time to be happy in heaven.
To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people.
Any faith that must be supported by the evidence of the senses is not real faith.
If He put tribulation before you and said He will give you patience by giving you a little trouble along the way, wouldn't you take a little trouble? You say, 'Lord, I want all my highways paved.' the Lord says, 'I'm sorry, I can't accommodate you. I'm going to let you run over some bumps occasionally, so you will have patience.' You do not like the bumps, but you like the patience, and if you want the patience, you will have to take the bumps. And what is patience but experience?
At the heart of the Christian message is God Himself waiting for His redeemed children to push in to conscious awareness of His Presence.
The man with a cross no longer controls his destiny; he lost control when he picked up his cross. That cross immediately became to him an all-absorbing interest, an overwhelming interference. No matter what he may desire to do, there is but one thing he can do; that is, move on toward the place of crucifixion.
Faith never goes contrary to reason -- faith simply ignores reason and rises above it.
The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.
God wants worshipers before workers; indeed the only acceptable workers are those who have learned the lost art of worship.
Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers met together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship.
Deliverance can come to us only by the defeat of our old life. Safety and peace come only after we have been forced to our knees. God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.
Christ dazzles me and stirs within me such feelings of amazement that I can never get over Him.
It is no sin to doubt some things, but it may be fatal to believe everything.
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