We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.

What is the best safeguard against false doctrine? The Bible regularly read, regularly prayed over, regularly studied.

Let us seek friends that will stir up our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of time, and our salvation.

Infidelity and skepticism abound everywhere. In one form or another they are to be found in every rank and class of society. Thousands are not ashamed to say that they regard the Bible as an old obsolete Jewish book, which has no special claim on our faith and obedience, and that it contains many inaccuracies and defects. In a day like this, the true Christian should be able to set his foot down firmly, and to render a reason of his confidence in God's Word. He should be able by sound arguments to show good cause why he thinks the Bible is from heaven, and not of men.

Let us watch against PRIDE in every shapepride of intellect, pride of wealth, pride in our own goodness.

A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God

The man who has nothing more than a kind of Sunday religion -- whose Christianity is like his Sunday clothes put on once a week, and then laid aside -- such a man cannot, of course, be expected to care about growth in grace.