Occupation: Christian Theologian Birth: July 22, 1926
Fanciful spiritualizing, so far from yielding God's meaning, actually obscured it. The literal sense is itself the spiritual sense, coming from God a….
Always and everywhere the servants of Christ are under orders to evangelize.
Holy people glory, not in their holiness, but in Christ's cross; for the holiest saint is never more than a justified sinner and never sees himself i….
It is not his business to argue men into faith, for that cannot be done; but it is his business to demonstrate the intellectual adequacy of the bibli….
What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty..
I need not torment myself with the fear that my faith may fail; as grace led me to faith in the first place, so grace will keep me believing to the e….
Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms... Confusion here ….
Nothing can alter the character of God. In the course of a human life, tastes and outlook and temper may change radically: a kind, equable man may tu….
The Christian's instincts of trust and worship are stimulated very powerfully by knowledge of the greatness of God. But this is knowledge which Chris….
Nothing in fiction is so fantastic as is this truth of the Incarnation..
A simple Bible reader and sermon hearer who is full of the Holy Spirit will develop a far deeper acquaintance with his God and Savior than a more lea….
God's wisdom is not, and never was, pledged to keep a fallen world happy, or to make ungodliness comfortable..
Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoug….
The battle against pride in the heart is lifelong, so humility should become an ever more deeply seated attitude of living.
A little knowledge OF God is worth more than a great deal of knowledge ABOUT him..
Holy is the Bible word for all that makes God different from us, in particular his awesome power and purity..
Think against your feelings; argue yourself out of the gloom they have spread; look up from your problems to the God of the gospel..
Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child of God, God is my Father; heaven is my home;….
Today, on our own turf, we face pagan ignorance about God every bit as deep as that which the early church faced in the Roman Empire..
Optimism is a wish without warrant; Christian hope is a certainty, guaranteed by God himself. Optimism reflects ignorance as to whether good things w….
The peace of God is first and foremost peace with God..