If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.

Do not for a moment suppose that you must make yourself better, or prepare your heart for a worthy reception of Christ, but come at once - come as you are.

No one was ever saved because his sins were small; no one was ever rejected on account of the greatness of his sins. Where sin abounded, grace shall much more abound.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

A church has no right to make anything a condition of membership, which Christ has not made a condition of salvation.

Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

All my theology is reduced to this narrow compass - "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners."

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

God is not glorified in any transaction upon earth so much as in the conversion of a sinner.

No man can ever raise above that that which he aims.

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You cannot forever escape from the storm

A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake.

Use life to provide something that outlasts it.

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.

If we would see the color of our future, we must look for it in our present; if we would gaze on the star of our destiny, we must look for it in our hearts.

That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.

The world is an inherently unfair place.

Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.

There's nothing Israel can do without US support. It can't breathe without US support. The US bankrolls everything, and it's just silly to think that Israel can do anything without the support.