Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.

He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!

Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism.

To have faith in the Word, Scripture must not grasp us in our critical thought, but in the life of the soul.

There is not an inch of any sphere of life over which Jesus Christ does not say, 'Mine.'

The question is not if the candidate's heart is favorable to Christianity, but if he has Christ as his starting point even for politics, and will speak out His name!

Every science in a certain degree starts from faith, and, on the contrary, faith, which does not lead to science, is mistaken faith or superstition, but real, genuine faith it is not.

Sin lives solely by plagiarising the ideas of God

God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism.

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul?

To take dominion over the earth is to follow the command of God

The sweetest apples are eaten first.

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face. A gauntlet with a gift in't.

The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.

Either love your players or get out of coaching.

Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.

If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable - what then?

So, for the most part, I really like when I read a scene that scares me and makes me sweat a little bit, thinking about doing it. That's usually a good sign to me.

I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often the way becomes the goal.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.