We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.

God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ advances in the world. Prayer gives us the significance of front-line forces, and gives God the glory of a limitless Provider. The one who gives the power gets the glory. Thus prayer safeguards the supremacy of God in missions while linking us with endless grace for every need.

Oh, how rare are the Christians who speak with a tender heart and have a theological backbone of steel.

Suffering for Jesus is temporary. Pleasure in Jesus is eternal.

The goal of Bethlehem College and Seminary cannot be expressed with man as the end point. Christ is the endpoint.

Faith stands or falls on the truth that the future with God is more satisfying than the one promised by sin. Where this truth is embraced and God is cherished above all, the power of sin is broken. The power of sin is the power of deceit. Sin has power through promising a false future. In temptation sin comes to us and says: "The future with God on his narrow way is hard and unhappy, but the way I promise is pleasant and satisfying." The power of sin is in the power of this lie.

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