The soul’s deepest thirst is for God Himself, who has made us so that we can never be satisfied without Him.Collection: Soul
The evidence for our New Testament writings is ever so much greater than the evidence for many writings of classical authors, the authenticity of which no one dreams of questioning. And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt.Collection: Bible
God's peace is joy resting. His joy is peace dancing.Collection: Dancing
Where love is the compelling power, there is no sense of strain or conflict or bondage in doing what is right: the man or woman who is compelled by Jesus’ love and empowered by His Spirit does the will of God from the heart.Collection: Jesus
Sanctification is glory begun. Glory is sanctification completed.Collection: Glory
God bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite.Collection: Jesus
The question to be asked of all teaching is not, 'Is it new?' but 'Is it true?'Collection: Teaching
Christian holiness is not a matter of painstaking conformity to the individual precepts of an external law code; it is rather a question of the Holy Spirit's producing His fruit in the life, reproducing those graces which were seen in perfection in the life of Christ.Collection: Christian
The world has no idea how much it owes to the presence of righteous men in it.Collection: Christian
Any part of the human body can only be explained in reference to the whole body. And any part of the Bible can only be properly explained in reference to the whole Bible.Collection: Christian
Persistence in prayer for someone whom we don't like, however much it goes against the grain to begin with, brings about a remarkable change in attitude.Collection: Prayer
One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical list; on the contrary, the Church included them in her canon because she already regarded them as divinely inspired, recognizing their innate worth and generally apostolic authority, direct or indirect.Collection: Book
Some writers may toy with the fancy of a ‘Christ-myth,’ but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the ‘Christ-myth’ theories.Collection: Historical
Un-Christian behavior on the part of any Christian is a disgrace to all Christians.Collection: Christian
Spiritual influence never coincided with material affluence.Collection: Spiritual
There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.Collection: Ancient Literature
And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubtCollection: Writing
The variant readings about which any doubt remains among textual critics of the New Testament affect no material question of historic fact or of Christian faith and practiceCollection: Christian
Whatever else may be thought of the evidence from early Jewish and Gentile writers it does at least establish, for those who refuse the witness of Christian writings, the historical character of Jesus Himself.Collection: Christian
The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.Collection: Unbiased