We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts

We might be wise to follow the insight of the enraptured heart rather than the more cautious reasoning of the theological mind.

The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness of Christ.

To escape the error of salvation by works we have fallen into the opposite error of salvation without obedience. In our eagerness to get rid of the legalistic doctrine of works we have thrown out the baby with the bath and gotten rid of obedience as well.

Contemporaries relate that hearing Martin Luther pray was "an experience in theology". They said the reformer began praying with such humility that he could be pitied, only to proceed with such boldness before God that the human hearer would fear for him.

I believe that entertainment and amusements are the work of the Enemy to keep dying men from knowing they're dying; and to keep enemies of God from remembering that they're enemies.