Christ died"--that is history; "Christ died for our sins"--that is doctrine. Without these two elements, joined in an absolutely indissoluble union, there is no Christianity.

According to Christian belief, man exists for the sake of God; according to the liberal church, in practice if not in theory, God exists for the sake of man.

God is the ruler of history. His times are well chosen The Roman Empire was an instrument in his hand. And so are the nations of the modern world.

It is impossible to be a true soldier of Jesus Christ and not fight.

The more we know of God, the more unreservedly we will trust him; the greater our progress in theology, the simpler and more child-like will be our faith

Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the gospel

Christianity is not engrossed by this transitory world, but measures all things by the thought of eternity.

The Gospel does not abrogate God's law, but it makes men love it with all of their hearts.

What is today a matter of academic speculation begins tomorrow to move armies and pull down empires.

A low view of law always produces legalism; a high view of law makes a person a seeker after grace.

If we give the bureaucrats our children, we may as well give them everything else.

And even then, it might not have been too awful, but his head snapped back and he hit a rock, breaking like a blunt molar from the ground.

Stone walls do not a prison make Nor iron bars a cage Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage.

The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.

I got a job as soon as I graduated from school. I always wanted to bartend because I love listening to people and how awful their lives are.

Autographs and pictures do get a little old, but I don't mind if the people want it.

Whom the gods do not intend to destroy, they first make mad with poetry.

People are going to do stupid things, but you don't take away the freedom because somebody makes a stupid decision.

He was an outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside.

The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.

Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming.