Authentic gospel preaching always engages people with eternal issues.

— Colin S. Smith

Early on in the Bible story, we will discover the devil taking on the form of an animal. At the center of the Bible story, we will find God taking on the form of a man. The Son of God is the image of God, and so when He took flesh, it was in the form of a man, because man was made in the image of God.

— Colin S. Smith

Explaining temptation by saying “God is testing me” or “Satan is attacking me” positions “me” either as the victim, if I am defeated, or the hero, if I prevail. But confessing that “My heart is desperately wicked” provides no such comforts. It heads off all attempts to shift blame, and cuts down all the pretensions of spiritual pride.

— Colin S. Smith

God had spoken to His people through His Word. It had humbled them in their sins, but it had lifted them up to see the grace and mercy of God, and then had directed them into a new life of obedience. In all our desperate searching for ways to find joy, God is telling us that we will never find joy like the joy of knowing God, being humbled in our sins, experiencing His grace, and walking in a life of obedience.

— Colin S. Smith

God’s Word is the living seed that brings new birth. It is the milk that nurtures the new life of a young Christian and the meat that builds the muscle of a mature believer.

— Colin S. Smith

Grace means that God steps into the lives of particular individuals with the purpose and effect of saving them. He needs no permission to do this, nor is He under any obligation to do so.

— Colin S. Smith

Has what you do for God become more important to you than the Lord Himself?

— Colin S. Smith

He endured all that hell is on the cross, so that you would never know what hell is like.

— Colin S. Smith

He is the Creator and the sustainer of all things. He is the unchanging, self-existent God, and that means that He depends on nobody. Furthermore, he is neither helped by our faith nor hindered by our unbelief.

— Colin S. Smith

Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.

— Colin S. Smith