“Self-exalters have to avoid the cross because the splinters of the old rugged cross always pop the balloon of self exaltation.” (John Piper)
“Prayer is not conquering God’s reluctance but taking hold of God’s willingness.” (Phillip Brooks)
“In all Christ’s people He is present–in some He is prominent–in a few He is pre-eminent.” (F. B. Meyer)
“The Cross is the beginning of the Gospel. What we sinners need is not merely a pattern, but a pardon, not merely a Pathfinder, but a Sin Bearer; not merely instruction, but salvation.” (Sidlow Baxter)
“To speak of the deeper life is not to speak of anything deeper than simple New Testament religion. The “deeper life” is deeper only because the average Christian life is tragically shallow.” (A. W. Tozer)