William Barclay Quotes

The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.

Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God. I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.

Whether I'm a Super Bowl Champion or a regular guy stocking groceries at the Hy-Vee, sharing my faith and glorifying Jesus is the central focus of my time on this earth.

Christianity is not a cafeteria line where you say, “I’ll have a little salvation, but no Lordship right now.

Christian faith, as I understand it, is not primarily a matter of signing on for the proposition that there exists a Supreme Being, but the kind of commitment made manifest by a human being at the end of his tether, foundering in darkness, pain, and bewilderment, who nevertheless remains faithful to the promise of a transformative love.

I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.

Every Christian will allow that sin is an evil, and that it is our duty not to commit sin.

We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.

'Greenleaf' has such great affection for the church.

Every Christian must be convinced of his fundamental and vital duty of bearing witness to the truth in which he believes and the grace that has transformed him.

I support Christ and following Him, and that's what I support.

True believers in Christ, are we going to follow through and profess Him wherever we go?

A duty religiously performed carries with it several other important consequences.

My order of priorities reflects the level of my commitment to Christ. Whoever or whatever is in first place, if it isn't the Lord Jesus, is in the wrong place.

Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.

The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours and hours, and people wander in and wander out, and people talk the whole way through. One of the American women said to the other, "This is so beautiful. I can actually imagine maybe even becoming Orthodox." She went on and on, and finally a Russian seated just in front of her turned and said, "You are not member of church because it is beautiful; you are member of church because it is the single truth of God!"

true Christians consider themselves not as satisfying some rigorous creditor, but as discharging a debt of gratitude

Faith is loved and honored by God more than any other single thing.

I go to church every Sunday. I've always been a believer. I love singing. I don't have the best voice - I just love getting my emotions out.

The United States are under peculiar obligations to become a holy people unto the Lord our God.

I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ.

I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.

As Christians, we say what God has said over and over until the thing promised in His Word and desired in our hearts is fully manifested in our lives.

For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience.

He [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] never went to church, but he read the Bible every day and regarded himself as one of the world's two great defenders of Christendom. (The other was the pope.)