William Barclay
William Barclay
William Barclaywas a Scottish author, radio and television presenter, Church of Scotland minister and Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth5 December 1907
jesus finals care
Jesus’ coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares.
names promise doe
Here is an eternal truth. Life cannot be divided into compartments in some which God is involved and in others of which he is not involved... The fact is that God does not need to be invited into certain departments of life, and kept out of others. He is everywhere, all through life and in every activity of life. He hears not only the words that are spoken in his name; he hears all words; and there cannot be any such thing as a form of words which evades bringing God into any transaction. We will regard all promises as sacred if we remember that all promises are made in the presence of God.
prayer trying done
We are trying not so much to make God listen to us as to make ourselves listen to him; we are trying not to persuade God to do what we want, but to find out what he wants us to do. It so often happens that in prayer we are really saying, 'Thy will be changed,' when we ought to be saying, 'Thy will be done.' The first object of prayer is not so much to speak to God as to listen to him.
christian pride parent
Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.
way forget christ
The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ.
inspirational-life men forget
A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.
men spirit worship
True worship is when the spirit, the immortal and invisible part of man, speaks to and meets with God, who is immortal and invisible.
inspirational life taken
We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.
life feelings faithful
The greatest thing is a life of obedience in the routine things of everyday life. No amount of fine feeling can take the place of faithful doing.
inspirational heart men
Christianity does not think of man finally submitting to the power of God, it thinks of Him as finally surrendering to the love of God. It is not that man's will is crushed, but that man's heart is broken.
spiritual kindness men
The word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God.
jesus attitude teaching
If we are to accept the teaching of Jesus at all, then the only test of the reality of a man's religion is his attitude to his fellow men. The only possible proof that a man loves God is the demonstrated fact that he loves his fellow men.
real giving people
It may well be a sign of the decadence of the Church and the failure of Christianity that gifts have to be coaxed out of people, and that often they will not give at all unless they get something for their money in the way of entertainment or of goods. Giving which is real giving has a certain recklessness in it.
motivational people way
In the time we have it is surely our duty to do all the good we can to all the people we can in all the ways we can.