William BarclayWe reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.362Life
William BarclayJesus is the yes to every promise of God. ✨ William Barclay (2014). Barclay on the Lectionary: Mark, Year B, p.65, Saint Andrew Press373Thought
William BarclayThere is no joy in the world like the joy of bringing one soul to Christ.352Reflection
William BarclayIt is fatally easy to think of Christianity as something to be discussed and not as something to be experienced. ✨ William Barclay (1964). The Gospel of John341LifeThought
William BarclayReal repentance means coming not only to be sorry for the consequences of sin but to hate sin itself. ✨ Barclay on the Lectionary: Mark, Year B.331Truth
William BarclayLove 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. ✨… ▶342Love
William BarclayThe tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that, knowing Him, they still insist on going their own way.377Life
William BarclayGod himself took this human flesh upon him. ✨ William Barclay (2001). Many Witnesses, One Lord, p.20, Westminster John Knox Press367Humanity
William BarclayIt 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 … ▶346Politics
William BarclayBut 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 ✨ William Barclay … ▶291Politics
William BarclaySo often we have a kind of vague, wistful longing that the promises of Jesus should be true. The only way really to enter into them is to believe them with the clutching intensity… ▶313Truth
William BarclayEndurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.349Truth
William BarclayWhen we accept Christ we enter into three new relationships: (1) We enter into a new relationship with God. The judge becomes the father; the distant becomes the near; strangeness… ▶316Love
William BarclayIt is the simple truth to say that the New Testament books became canonical because no one could stop them doing so. ✨ William Barclay (1961). The Making of the Bible283ReadingTruth
William BarclayThe 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.338DeathHopeLife
William BarclayThe essential fact of Christianity is that God thought all men worth the sacrifice of his son. ✨ William Barclay (2003). Day by Day with William Barclay: Selected Readings f… ▶262ReadingReflectionThought
William BarclayIf 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… ▶308LoveTruth
William BarclayPride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come. ✨ William Barclay (2003). Day by Day with William Barclay: Selected … ▶309ReadingReflection
William BarclayThe word grace emphasizes at one and the same time the helpless poverty of man and the limitless kindness of God. ✨ William Barclay (1999). Good Tidings of Great Joy: The Bi… ▶3110Time
William BarclayWhen we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not re… ▶254LifeLove
William BarclayThe terrible importance of this life is that it determines eternity. ✨ The Gospel of John.221Life
William Barclay...for Paul faith is always faith in a person. Faith is not the intellectual acceptance of a body of doctrine; faith is faith in a person. ✨ William Barclay (1975). The Mind… ▶266HopeThought
William BarclayWe will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away. ✨ William Barclay (2003). Day by Day with William Barclay… ▶244LifeReadingReflection
William BarclayOne 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 … ▶234HumanityHumorThought
William BarclayPrayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.246Politics
William BarclayChristianity 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 t… ▶235LovePoliticsThought
William BarclayChristian freedom does not mean being free to do as we like; it means being free to do as we ought. ✨ William Barclay (1961). The Letters of James and Peter, p.240, Westmins… ▶214Sadness
William BarclayThe true, the genuine worship is when man, through his spirit, attains to friendship and intimacy with God. True and genuine worship is not to come to a certain place; it is not t… ▶258DeathTruth
William BarclayJesus’ coming is the final and unanswerable proof that God cares.192Death
William BarclayFaith is not only commitment to the promises of Christ; it is also commitment to his demands. ✨ The Letters of James and Peter.2610Hope
