The inward area is the first place of loss of true Christian life, of true spirituality, and the outward sinful act is the result.
Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world.
I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.
We may not play with the new theology even if we may think we can turn it to our advantage.
