Our consciences are not infallible, and they can become warped or weakened if not kept aligned by the infallible Word of God.

Spirituality is not easy to define, but you can tell when it is present. It is the fragrance of the garden of the Lord, the power to change the atmosphere around you, the influence that makes Christ real to others.

If a Christian is not willing to rise early and work late, to expend greater effort in diligent study and faithful work, that person will not change a generation. Fatigue is the price of leadership. Mediocrity is the result of never getting tired.

A leader is a person who has learned to obey a discipline imposed from without, and has then taken on a more rigorous discipline from within. Those who rebel against authority and scorn self-discipline - who shirk the rigors and turn from the sacrifices - do not qualify to lead.

Jesus was the meeting place of eternity and time, the blending of deity and humanity, the junction of heaven and earth.

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

One reason why people are unable to understand great Christian classics is that they are trying to understand without any intention of obeying them.