I believe that where local congregational life is concerned, it is best to give the Holy Spirit all the room we can, because the Spirit has a way of reminding us that what we think is right—even what we think the Bible spells out as right—is not necessarily letter-perfect in the sight of God. If God did not choose to work in ways that confound us, grace would not be amazing. It would not be grace.

Whatever it takes to get you to the place where God is your all in all and you live in total dependence on Him is worth the pain. Let

It is not a matter of whether one is biased or not. It is really a question of which bias is the best bias with which to be biased.

you cannot have a political solution for a spiritual problem. You must have spiritual solutions for spiritual problems!

Multi oameni, cand incearca sa justifice de ce au sau nu au o anumita credinta, deseori au multe opinii in loc de motive.

Many things — such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly — are done worst when we try hardest to do them.

Safe?" said Mr. Beaver; don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.

Reason is the natural order of truth but imagination is the organ of meaning.

I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that-and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison-you do not know God at all.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

Faith... is the art of holding on to things your reason once accepted, despite your changing moods.