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 selfish ambition
Timothy's great value was that he was always willing to go anywhere; and in his hands a message was as safe as if Paul had delivered it himself. Others might be consumed with selfish ambition; but Timothy's one desire was to serve Paul and Jesus Christ. He is the patron saint of all those who are quite content with the second place, so long as they can serve.
kings self law
Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.
jesus mercy-of-god self
So long as we judge ourselves by human comparisons, there is plenty of room for self-satisfaction, and self-satisfaction kills faith, for faith is born of the sense of need. But when we compare ourselves with Jesus Christ, and through Him, with God, we are humbled to the dust, and then faith is born, for there is nothing left to do but to trust to the mercy of God.
selfish heart men
God does not choose a person for ease and comfort and selfish joy but for a task that will take all that head and heart and hand can bring to it. God chooses a man in order to use him.
fact fairly god love loving men proving remains safe start talk trouble
It has always been fairly safe to talk about God; it is when we start to talk about men that the trouble starts. And yet the fact remains that there is no conceivable way of proving that we love God other than by loving men. And there is no conceivable way of proving that we love men than by doing something for those who most need help.
freaked gave pistol saw
I know it was him. It gave me the chills. He had a pistol in his hand, ... When I saw him, it freaked me out.
driving geneva hopefully state stop street
If shoppers come from other communities and they're driving down State Street in Geneva to or from the Commons, hopefully they'll stop by my shop,
independence prosperity danger
The danger of prosperity is that it encourages a false independence.
christian prayer voice
It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at its highest we wait in silence for God's voice to us; we linger in His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the serenity of perfect security in Him.
christian mean being-free
Christian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought.
waiting soul should
Instead of our petulant, fretful, irritable human hastiness we should cultivate in our souls the patience which has learned to wait on God.
heart alive company
When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive.
jesus heaven definitions
But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus, and where nothing will separate us from Him any more
appreciation cheer blessed
We have a duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word.