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
William Barclay quotes about
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,
birthday good-life two
There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
christian encouragement appreciation
One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement...It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian 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.
easter responsibility sacrifice
Love always involves responsibility, and love always involves sacrifice. And we do not really love Christ unless we are prepared to face His task and to take up His Cross.
prayer offering order
Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us.
commitment promise demand
Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ.
sacrifice son men
The essential fact of Christianity is that God thought all men worth the sacrifice of his son.
friendship wish helping
I thank you for my friends, for those who understand me better than I understand myself. For those who know me at my worst, and still like me. For those who have forgiven me when I had no right to expect to be forgiven. Help me to be as true to my friends as I would wish them to be to me.
prayer asking want
True prayer is asking God what He wants.
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.
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.
inspirational-life men forget
A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.