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.

Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.

In the Bible, the race of life is never considered from the viewpoint of speed... We are to run it with patience.

Apart from God nothing matters. We think that health matters, that freedom matters, or knowledge or art or civilization. And but for one insistent word they would matter indeed. That word is eternity.

Jesus Christ our Lord surrendered in order that He might win; He destroyed His enemies by dying for them and conquered death by allowing death to conquer Him.

It requires a serious mind and a determined heart to pray past the ordinary into the unusual.

Let her love God as He is in Himself, and not as her imagination says He is, and pictures Him.