Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.
God is the highest good of the reasonable creature. The enjoyment of him is our proper; and is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Better than fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or the company of any, or all earthly friends. These are but shadows; but the enjoyment of God is the substance. These are but scattered beams; but God is the sun. These are but streams; but God is the fountain. These are but drops, but God is the ocean.
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.
When God is about to do a mighty new thing He always sets His people praying.
Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
My mother loved the Bible.
You win the Oscar, you get to go into just about anybody's office for a month. I had a lot of meetings.
Dear young people, Jesus wants to be your friend, and wants you to spread the joy of this friendship everywhere.