The secular mind and heart, however gifted and personally charming, has no place in the leadership of the church.

Our sense of humor is a gift from God which should be controlled as well as cultivated.

If those who hold influence over others fail to lead toward the spiritual uplands, then surely the path to the lowlands will be well worn.

There is no conceivable situation in which it is not safe to trust God.

Jesus drank a cup of wrath without mercy, that we might drink a cup of mercy without wrath.

Faith never knows where it is being led, or it would not be faith. True faith is content to travel under sealed orders.

Desiring to excel is not a sin. It is motivation that determines ambition's character. Our Lord never taught against the urge to high achievement, but He did expose and condemn unworthy motivation.