To Live By Worry Is To Live

All Coming To Jesus Has The Feeling Of Homecoming Upon It. All Going Away From Him Has The Sense Of Estrangement Upon It. The Rich Young Ruler Went Away From Jesus "sorrowful." Everybody Does. Not Only Estrangement From God, But Also Estrangement From Oneself. And The Universe! And From Life! You Are Not At Home With Life, Unless You Are At Home With Life. And Jesus Is Life!

Our Intentions May Be Very Good, But, Because The Intelligence Is Limited, The Action May Turn Out To Be A Mistake - A Mistake, But Not Necessarily A Sin, For Sin Comes Out Of A Wrong Intention.

In The Ordinary Church, It Is Suppressed By Respectability, By A Desire To Appear Better Than We Really Are.

When The Depths Are Upheld By The Holy Spirit, Then The Reaction Is Christian.

The Purpose Of Religion Is Not So Much To Get Us Into Heaven, Or To Keep Us Out Of Hell, But To Put A Little Bit Of Heaven Into Us, And Take The Hell Out Of Us. This Has Always Been The Greatest Responsibility Of Religion.