What has the church gained if it is popular but there is no conviction, no repentance, no power?

Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.

No religion has ever been greater than its idea of God.

Until we believe that we are as bad as God says we are, we can never believe that He will do for us what He says He will do. Right here is where popular religion breaks down.

Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.

At the heart of the Christian message is God Himself waiting for His redeemed children to push in to conscious awareness of His Presence.

As long as we think we own anything, that thing owns us. As soon as we know that we own nothing, then God owns us.