Christianity at any given time is strong or weak depending upon her concept of God.

God often hides His blessing in trouble or trial, which makes it all the sweeter when it comes our way.

One thing is certain: the call of Christ is always a promotion. Were Christ to call a king from his throne to preach the gospel to some tribe of aborigines, that king would be elevated above anything he had known before. Any movement toward Christ is ascent, and any direction away from Him is down.

There is a better way. It is to repudiate our own wisdom and take instead the infinite wisdom of God.

Those who seek the deeper Christian life and those who want the riches that are in Christ Jesus the Lord seek no place, no wealth, no things, only Christ.

God is never satisfied with anything less than all.

One compromise here, another there and soon enough the so-called Christian and the man in the world look the same.