In other words, they had seen a lot. They had heard a lot. But they had not personally applied what they'd seen and heard. Their hearts were not tender to the reality of Jesus. Their hearts were hardened. Access without application will not equal transformation.

In my experience, it's much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one. Anyone can put on an act. But your reactions reveal what is really in your heart.

In the unbending of the arm to do the deed there is experience worth all the maxims in the world.

I have little doubt that the single greatest obstacle to the impact of the gospel has not been its inability to provide answers, but the failure on our part to live it out.

It is not by telling people about ourselves that we demonstrate our Christianity. Words are cheap. It is by costly, self-denying Christian practice that we show the reality of our faith.

Faith is not just what we believe internally. It's how we behave externally.

In the gospel of Jesus, sincere and costly discipleship always accompanies genuine conversion. The gospel of Jesus teaches men that a mere profession of faith alone is no sound evidence of salvation.

It is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced.

It is not enough to long for a person as a good for oneself, one must also, and above all, long for that person's good.

Our words and our works are evidence that our profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ is true.

If we would know whether our faith is genuine, we do well to ask ourselves how we are living.

Authentic faith cannot help but act.