Quotes from Michael Smith

I think if the church did what they were supposed to do we wouldn't have anyone sleeping on the streets.

God deserves the best from us.

So I'm taking a stand-and I hope others will-to really live what I believe and embrace who I am in Jesus Christ.

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship

Things change when you give your life to serving God, and that can be scary.

I've changed a lot but I'm still Smitty. Hopefully I'm more mature and I'm a little wiser, and I plan on by the grace of God finishing well, and I'm more passionate than I ever have been in my life.

I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Manchester in 1950, where the professors were E.R.H. Jones and M.G. Evans, and graduated in 1953, with the financial support of a Blackpool Education Committee Scholarship.

Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out.

In Christ we are given the courage and strength to change the world

I've said to others that there were places I had forgotten about that were just so powerful. I've read the Gospels many times, but it's been a while since I've read through a whole book.

I think if Jesus came for the first time, and he was 33 1/2 years old and hung out with these guys, where would he be? They'd probably be at a coffee bar getting a latte or something.

For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes.