The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

People who do not worship are swept into a vast restlessness, epidemic in the world, with no steady direction and no sustaining purpose.

The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christ’s church; the behavior of Christians in the world must be remarkable enough to cause grudging admiration, astonished curiosity or threatening hostility.

Christians in community must again show the world, not merely family values, but the bond of the love of Christ.

The one who knows and fears the Lord of Hosts need fear no other.

The stairway to the ministry is not a grand staircase but a back stairwell that leads down to the servants’ quarters.

Trials should not surprise us, or cause us to doubt God's faithfulness. Rather, we should actually be glad for them. God sends trials to strengthen our trust in him so that our faith will not fail. Our trials keep us trusting; they burn away our self confidence and drive us to our Savior.