Complex sentence: He was a man of faith because he was a man of prayer; his prayers were always unusual and as inspiring as they were unique; he spoke with an intimacy to God as one who knew God, but whose intimacy was the very soul of reverence.
Split into simpler sentences: He was a man of faith because he was a man of prayer. He spoke with an intimacy to God as one who knew God, but whose intimacy was the very soul of reverence.