Politics, or controversy, or party spirit, or worldliness, have eaten out the heart of lively piety in too many of us. The subject of personal godliness has fallen sadly into the background.

Except a man be born again, he will wish one day he had never been born at all.

Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.

True Christianity is not merely believing a certain set of dry abstract propositions: it is to live in daily personal communication with an actual living person - Jesus Christ.

No one ever said at the end of his days; 'I have read my bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful with my soul'

If you love Christ, never be ashamed to let others see it and know it. Speak for Him. Witness for Him. Live for Him.

Our prayers may be weak, stammering, and poor in our eyes. But if they come from a right heart, God understands them. Such prayers are His delight.

Backsliding, generally first begins with neglect of private prayer.

A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.

There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven - the crucified Son of God.

According to the men of the world, few are going to hell; According to the Bible, few are going to heaven.

I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.

As soon as you open your mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity practically fly off their hinges.

When stuck in the river, it is best to dive and swim to the bank yourself before someone drops a large stone on your chest in an attempt to hoosh you there.

We had a one bedroom, one bathroom, one closet apartment with four girls.

People get God and religion confused. I think God is a bit too hip to join any of his unauthorized fan clubs.

Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.

The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.

A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.

Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.

To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.