The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians.

When we yield ourselves completely to God, He gives Himself completely to us.

I like Easter. But let's remember that Christ's resurrection is not truer at Easter than at any other time of the year.

We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.

In the conduct of our public worship where is the authority of Christ to be found? The truth is that today the Lord rarely controls a service, and the influence He exerts is very small. We sing of Him and preach about Him, but He must not interfere; we worship our way, and it must be right because we have always done it that way, as have the other churches in our group.

The church that is not jealously protected by mighty intercession and sacrificial labors will before long become the abode of every evil bird and the hiding place for unsuspected corruption. The creeping wilderness will soon take over that church that trusts in its own strength and forgets to watch and pray.

We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.