Legalism is nothing but a leader's way of avoiding suffering.

There is a vast difference between the outward clothing of the Spirit's power and the inward filling of the Spirit's life. In the first, despite the power, the hidden man of the heart may remain unchanged. In the latter, that monster is dealt with.

Beginning empty handed and alone frightens the best of men. It also speaks volumes of just how sure they are that God is with them.

It is the Father's life, and the Father's life alone, that ever lives the Christian life. It is the Father's life, and Father's life alone, which will live the Christian life in you. Embrace a formula or a list in order to live the Christian life, and you are doomed to frustration.

God has a university. It's a small school. Few enroll even fewer graduate.