Christian Quote by William Barclay

“We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.”

William Barclay

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Real repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself.

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The Christian is called upon to be the partner of God in the work of the conversion of men.

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Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.

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Every discouraging sermon is a wicked sermon... There could hardly be a more un-Christian way of living than to go about in such a way as to depress and to discourage other people.

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Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God.

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In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in…

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Religion fails if it cannot speak to men as they are.

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