“The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn't hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.”

“Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I'll quit preaching.”

“O Devil, why do you hit us when we are down? Old boy, I know that you have no time for me, and I guess that you have about learned that I have no time for you. I will never apologize for anything I have ever done against you. If I have ever said anything that has does not hurt you, tell me about it, and I'll take it out of my sermon.”

“Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.”

“Give your face to God, and He will put his shine on it.”

“You can't measure manhood with a tape line around his biceps.”

“One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.”