Hope can see heaven through the thickest clouds.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.

The Holy Spirit gives power for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

You must make a counter-culture decision to focus on becoming more like Jesus. Otherwise, other forces like peers, parents, coworkers, and culture will try to mold you into their image.

The only things you can ever truly own cannot be bought with money.

Salvation includes an ongoing transformation in your life.

Easy comfort isn't comforting

There is no reconciliation until you recognize the dignity of the other, until you see their view- you have to enter into the pain of the people. You've got to feel their need.

I want to pretend there's such a thing as requited love. As the endurance of love.

It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values in him.

Conditioned Awareness is where we live our lives in guilt over the past and anxiety over the future and never get to experience the present.

Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.