Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers.

Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.

And God has set up prayer in such a way that, if you want to explain it away, you can. That's the human mind. God set it up like that for a reason, which is this: God ordained that people should be governed in the end by what they want.

The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the meaning of terms from the context in use.

If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.

At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.