God forbid that I should travel with anybody a quarter of an hour without speaking of Christ to them.
It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.
The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of evil; to watch against the first risings in the heart to evil; and to have a guard upon our actions, that they may not be sinful, or so much as seem to be so.
Mere heathen morality, and not Jesus Christ, is preached in most of our churches.
If your souls were not immortal, and you in danger of losing them, I would not thus speak unto you; but the love of your souls constrains me to speak: methinks this would constrain me to speak unto you forever.
When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child.
If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.
On Reliance on God
What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!
On Giving
For, if we have not charity, we are not Christians: charity is the great duty of Christians.
On Prayer
Believers keep up and maintain their walk with God by secret prayer. The spirit of grace is always accompanied with the spirit of supplication. It is the very breath of the new creature, the fan of the divine life, whereby the spark of holy fire, kindled in the soul by God, is not only kept in, but raised into a flame.
On Moving Forward
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.
On Love
God is well pleased when all our actions proceed from love, love to Himself, and love to immortal souls.
On Accepting Christ
As Christ was born of the Virgin's womb, so must He be spiritually formed in our hearts. As He died for sin, so must we die to sin. And as He rose again from the dead, so must we also rise to a divine life.