If some men were sentenced to hear their own sermons, it would be a righteous judgment on them; but they would soon cry out with Cain, "My punishment is greater than I can bear."

Try to get saturated with the gospel. I always find that I can preach best when I ... lie down in it and let it soak into me ... become saturated with spices, and you will smell of them.

There has been a growing pandering to sensationalism; and, as this wretched appetite increases in fury the more it is gratified, it is at last found to be impossible to meet its demands.

I have frequently said of myself that I would not go across the street to hear myself preach.

We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible.