It is not surprising that prayer malfunctions when we try to make it a domestic intercom to call upstairs for more comforts in the den.

The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious pleasure that makes Christ look like the Treasure he is.

We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology.

When all your favorite preachers are gone, and all their books forgotten, you will have your Bible. Master it. MASTER IT!

I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the effect it has on one's prayers.

There are a thousand needs in the world, and none of them compares to the global need for the gospel.

If you want to be a conduit for God's grace, you don't have to be lined with gold. Copper will do.