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There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise.
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Man is created for the glory of God.
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Organized Christianity that fails to make a disturbance is dead.
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There is something infinitely better than doing a great thing for
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Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.
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The reason why men do not look to the Church today is that she has destroyed her own influence by compromise.
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The world hates Christian people if they can see God in them.
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The three essentials for great preaching are: truth, clarity, and passion.
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A man's concept of God creates his attitude towards the hour in which he lives.
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The supreme thing is worship. The attitude of worship is the attitude of a subject bent before the King... The fundamental thought is that of prostration, of bowing down.
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The supreme need in every hour of difficulty and distress is for a fresh vision of God. Seeing Him, all else takes on proper perspective and proportion.
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Concerning the loved ones who have passed on ... do not try to make me believe that they are doing nothing, merely resting, careless ever. That would imply the condition of Hell, not of Heaven.
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Ah, I have kept Him waiting when I ought not, but He has waited even then. Always waiting - so patient with my foolishness, my weakness, my fear. Our fellowship is with God, and fellowship is friendship, and friendship means that partnership which, on His part, is the accommodating of His strength to my weakness.
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Prayer is life passionately wanting, wishing, desiring God's triumph.
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When amusement is necessary to get people to listen to the gospel there will be failure. This is not the method of Christ. To form an organization and provide all kinds of entertainment for young people, in order that they may come to the Bible classes, is to be foredoomed to failure.
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What we do in the crisis always depends on whether we see the difficulties in the light of God, or God in the shadow of the difficulties.
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The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.
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Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.
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If you have no opposition in the place you serve, you're serving in the wrong place.
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How would you like to live with somebody who was everlastingly grieving your heart by his conduct?